Published on May 12, 2025
author, author scams, complaints, legal, writing scams

These Predators are now posing as “recovery firms” and “law firms,” promising to recoup your swindled funds. Don’t fall for these relentless con artists!
Published on May 5, 2025
author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, legal, writing career advice, writing scams

This week, we saved another author THOUSANDS!
Published on May 5, 2025
Artificial Intelligence (AI), copyrights, legal, writing career advice

The creativity-destructive AI malady has not only affected students (who too often are already lazy) but many writers as well…
Published on April 27, 2025
Censorship, legal, social media

What’s next for Meta (owner of Facebook and others) after an exposé leads to 60K copies sold in the first week + the author testifying before the U.S. Senate.
Published on April 12, 2025
author, author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, Journalism, legal, storytelling, WritersWeekly Podcast, writing career advice, writing scams

Do you legal questions about the writing and/or publishing industries? Contact us today! James M. Walsh, Esq. will be a guest on the WritersWeekly Podcast soon and he’ll be answering questions our readers send in. We’re also want to know what YOU want us to cover in future episodes. 🙂
Published on April 12, 2025
Artificial Intelligence (AI), copyrights, legal, social media

Internal communications obtained in discovery clearly indicated that Meta employees were acutely aware that harvesting data from LibGen to “educate” its generative AI software posed substantial legal risks…
Published on March 23, 2025
author, author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, copyrights, legal, Trademarks, writing scams

We’ve found common traits that quickly show that a company is scamming authors.
Published on February 22, 2025
author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, legal, social media, writing scams

Meta Platforms, Inc. (the owner of Facebook) is NOT immune from Federal criminal prosecution…
Published on February 13, 2025
author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, legal, Print on demand, self-publishing, writing scams

Trustpilot can censor true negative reviews (as they originally did to me). Yet, there are countless fake five-star reviews on their website…
Published on January 17, 2025
author scams, copyrights, legal, Print on demand, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, Trademarks, writing scams

We’ve added dozens more companies to the post, with LOTS of details!