Published on May 12, 2023
Censorship, copyrights, legal, libel
MORE: Publisher of Britney Spears’ pauses process after potential legal issues; New York Post banned from White House event; China arrests man who faked train crash story; Author (and mother) who penned book for children experiencing grief charged with murdering her husband; French reporter killed in Ukraine; Reporter pleads guilty after prank call; Musician pays random to keep hacker from pre-releasing his new music; Blogger commits suicide; and Atlanta agrees to pay photojournalist $105K for wrongful arrest during George Floyd protests
Published on May 5, 2023
Censorship, copyrights, legal
MORE: Manga freelancers want more $$; LA Times denies submitting questions to White House ahead of press conference…and it’s pretty obvious they’re lying; Ed Sheeran not liable in copyright infringement case; Colleges are pushing back against woke culture; AI will negatively affect music as well;
The Bible is still the best selling book of all time!; and Google’s “Godfather of AI” quits and issues warning.
Published on April 20, 2023
author, copyrights, legal, libel
MORE: Reporter leaves recorder in meeting, hears city employees talking about having him killed; Mother and son pen positive book for children; Did you know it’s illegal to protest outside libraries in Canada?; Artist rejects photo prize because his image was AI generated; BuzzFeed News is out of business; and Singer leaves country music industry to serve God.
Published on April 14, 2023
amazon, Censorship, copyrights, legal, libel
MORE: Amazon-owned online bookstore shuts down and we’re GLAD! (We’ll tell you why next week.); Shouldn’t Gavin Newsom have better things to do?; Reddit continues to ban copyright infringers; Fox News sued for libel; Television writers might go on strike; American journalist jailed in Russia forbidden to share accusations against him; and Satire site Babylon Bee sues CA Attorney General for censorship.
Published on April 6, 2023
Censorship, copyrights, legal
MORE: Teacher fired after asking students to write their own obituaries; New York public library offers paid internships to black applicants only; SF blames at-home workers for its financial woes downtown; Australian mayor will file defamation lawsuit against AI company; Author James Patterson accuses some media outlets of not reporting on his new book; Posthumous book editing can be considered censorship; and Publishers accused ad-tech firms of intellectual property infringement.
Published on March 10, 2023
Censorship, copyrights, legal, plagiarism
MORE: “Disinformation is simply a dog whistle for “censorship”; R.L. Stine says he did NOT give his publisher permission to re-edit his books; More adult books being found in children’s school libraries; CBS News contributor and author accused of plagiarism in new book; More colleges are banning ChatGPT; and Lawmakers furious when journalists refuse to give up their sources.
Published on March 9, 2023
amazon, audiobooks, copyrights, legal, plagiarism
ChatGPT pulls information from the Internet and other sources. Things YOU did not write.
Published on February 25, 2023
copyrights, legal, plagiarism, storytelling
From the judge telling the defense attorney to “Sit Down!”, to statements Alex mistakenly blurted on the stand, to Alex Murdaugh HIDING THE DETAILS OF HIS WIFE’S WILL FROM THE JURY…and everything in between!
Published on February 17, 2023
complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, copyrights, legal
Don’t miss page 4 of the complaint! Wow!!
Published on February 17, 2023
copyrights, legal
Many people assume that a deceased author’s work is up for grabs once they die. Nothing could be further from the truth.