Published on June 24, 2022
amazon, Complaints about specific publishers, copyrights

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Published on June 10, 2022
amazon, copyrights, legal, libel

MORE: Amazon exec. in charge of consumer biz resigns; NY freelancers now protected by new law; True crime documentary about the horror writer turned killer; Google/YouTube liable for defamation in Australia; Courageous Ukrainian journalist confronts Russia’s Sergei Lavrov over grain theft; Female authors now outnumber male authors in Israel; Mariah Carey sued over famous Christmas song; and The Washington Post is a big hot mess!
Published on May 20, 2022
amazon, Censorship, copyrights, legal, libel

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Published on May 7, 2022
amazon, Censorship, copyrights, legal, libel, plagiarism

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Published on April 15, 2022
copyrights, legal, Print on demand, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing career advice

Different countries have different laws about people appearing in photographs.
Published on April 7, 2022
copyrights, legal, Print on demand, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing career advice

Since I’m not doing this to make money, I don’t need permission to quote from other books, right?
Published on April 1, 2022
amazon, Censorship, copyrights, legal, libel

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Published on March 18, 2022
copyrights, legal, libel

MORE: Could publishers be facing peak subscriptions?; Teachers union continues to publish error-laden posts; Professor’s exam posted online so he sues for copyright infringement; Russia now allowing its companies to violate other countries’ copyrights, trademarks, and patents; and Company fails to silence author
Published on March 7, 2022
author, copyrights, legal, libel, writing career advice

“My lawyer says I can’t be sued because everything in my book is true.”
I’m always shocked when I hear this…
Published on February 25, 2022
amazon, copyrights, legal, libel, social media

MORE: Amazon suspends BLM charity program over spending controversy; Cancel culture insanity at a university; A man secretly owned a PR website where he promoted his own firm, and trashed his competitors; Social media posts are fair game in a divorce; Update on ResearchGate/scientific publishers’ lawsuit; Shopify sued for textbook pirating by its clients; and Fast Company sued for selling its subscriber list; Employee at Texas A&M copied and renamed an author’s book (about the university!) but the university is immune from the lawsuit?