Published on April 12, 2025
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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. đ
Published on April 12, 2025
Artificial Intelligence (AI), author scams, Censorship, Defamation, legal, libel, writing scams

MORE: Alina Adams shares her hilarious conversations with two scammers; There’s clearly an audience for faith-based movies!; Virginia school puts up controversial display that has NOTHING to do with reading, writing, and arithmetic; VA was paying $180K PER MONTH for minor website modifications!!; NBC / NBCUniversal settles lawsuit brought by doctor; Defendant in trouble after creating AI-generated attorney for himself; and Idiotic influencer sued by pilot for false claim.
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 âeducateâ its generative AI software posed substantial legal risks…
Published on April 3, 2025
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MORE: Grab some popcorn, and read about Ayn Rand’s sole heir…and why he’s now being sued by his daughter; Ex-White House staffer accuses Biden’s team of scripting questions and bullying journalists; AI programs are spewing forth the bias of their programmers; Remember when journalists flew business class?; National Public Radio CEO’s ridiculous views on public display!; Plaintiffs and lawyers who filed a frivolous lawsuit against Mariah Carey for copyright infringement ordered to pay sanctions; Networks actually went on air to defend Venezuelan gangs; and ChatGPT is unreliable and downright laughable!
Published on March 23, 2025
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Remember that, just because a website isn’t doing ALL of these things does NOT mean they are legitimate!
Published on March 13, 2025
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MORE: Ex-Facebook employee has published a tell-all book about the company; Books that were stolen by Nazis have been returned to their rightful owners; Arrest of Columbia anti-Israel activist not about free speech; Writer who wanted to âram a knife down Jewsâ throatsâ acquitted by Belgian court; Guardian Media Group forced to apology and pay damaged for libel; Couple sues hotel after allegations made in Facebook group post; and ABC News is slashing more jobs.
Published on March 1, 2025
Defamation, Journalism, legal, libel

MORE: Reporter who hid Biden’s dementia now wants to sell books he wrote about Biden’s dementia; Why nobody trusts mainstream media anymore; Kim Kardashian sued for ID’ing a NY man as a Texas death row inmate; State drops libel lawsuit against newspaper that was forced to remove editorial criticizing local officials; Pink Floyd cofounder found guilty of defamation; and Meghan Markle changes name of clothing line to a name owned by another clothing line.
Published on February 22, 2025
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Meta Platforms, Inc. (the owner of Facebook) is NOT immune from Federal criminal prosecution…
Published on February 22, 2025
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MORE: A new book describes how woke practices took down the King of Beers; Woman run over and dragged by Amazon van; Dept. of Education spending soared 749%!; Juror reveals CNN’s “vile behavior” that made it lose defamation case; Free speech might be coming back to the U.S.; and NBC Universal settles $30M defamation suit.
Published on February 13, 2025
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MORE: Guy charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie is finally doing to trial; Company must pay customers $2.4M for suppressing negative reviews online!; University puts 200 trigger warnings on Shakespeare writings; Wikipedia accused of extreme bias; and Thomson Reuters scores early win against AI company.