EPISODE 7: 9 New and Nasty Scams Targeting Authors
Angela, Brian, and attorney James M. Walsh dive into online scams targeting authors, exposing foreign schemes and sharing James’s own fascinating experience with fraud.
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Fraudulent “Recovery Firms” and “Law Firms” Are Scamming Previously Scammed Authors By James M. Walsh, Esq.
Con artists are now posing as recovery firms – promising to recoup swindled funds.
NEW SCAM! “Pay us $26K and we’ll stock 3,500 copies of your book in 150 stores!”
This week, we saved another author THOUSANDS!
EPISODE 6: How AI (Artificial Intelligence) is Getting Writers, Students, and Even LAWYERS into Trouble!
Angela, Brian, and guest Professor Clayton Jones explore AI’s unsettling impact on writing, education, and law—and what it means for professionals in these fields.
AI: How to Help Students Avoid the New Plagiarism By Rickey Pittman
The creativity-destructive AI malady has not only affected students but many writers as well.
EPISODE 5: Memoirs and Lawsuits
Angela and Brian reveal the risks of oversharing in memoirs—how it impacts others, and the potential financial fallout from libel, defamation, or privacy lawsuits.
Author Sells 60K Copies in 1 Week AND Testifies Before the U.S. Senate – by James M. Walsh, Esq.
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.
New WritersWeekly Podcast Page Lists All Episodes, Descriptions, and Referenced Links for Each Episode
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. 🙂
Have YOUR Books Been Used to Train AI? – by James M. Walsh, Esq.
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…
EPISODE 3: The Collapse of NaNoWriMo: What Went Wrong?
Angela and Brian explore NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), its history, mission, and the surprising recent announcement that the beloved nonprofit will be shutting down.