Published on May 5, 2025
Artificial Intelligence (AI), author scams, copyrights, legal, WritersWeekly Podcast, writing scams

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.
Published on May 5, 2025
Artificial Intelligence (AI), copyrights, legal, writing career advice

The creativity-destructive AI malady has not only affected students but many writers as well.
Published on April 29, 2025
legal, libel, WritersWeekly Podcast

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.
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 April 9, 2025
complaints, copyrights, legal, WritersWeekly Podcast

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.
Published on April 2, 2025
author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, copyrights, legal, WritersWeekly Podcast, writing scams

Angela and Brian reveal how WritersWeekly fights global publishing scams and share practical steps to help you verify if a publishing company is legitimate or fraudulent.
Published on March 24, 2025
author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, copyrights, editing, ghostwriting, legal, WritersWeekly Podcast, writing scams

Angela and Brian expose the surge in global scams targeting writers—using slick websites, social media, and calls to sell bogus writing and book-to-movie services.
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.