Why Your Publisher Doesn’t Care if YOU Get Sued
It’s pretty pathetic when a company is happy to take hundreds or thousands of dollars from you, knowing all the while that YOU might get sued some day for something you included in your book…
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A Canadian school district has censored an author…and you won’t believe why – In the News – 12/03/21
MORE: Should parents be able to decide what books their children read…or not?; Bad FAKE poetry; Twitter is censoring citizen journalists; Lovely Bones author misidentified rapist and he spent decades in prison; and Amazon accused of underreporting number of employees who contracted Covid on the job
Mainstream Media and Politicians Will Be Sued for Millions by Rittenhouse Lawyers – In The News – 11/19/21
MORE: Alex Jones is a MORON; $100K social media defamation judgement; Cops to sue city councilwoman; We are expecting an exodus of Facebook users; FBI acting like the KGB to recover Biden’s daughter’s diary; Amazon uses the “contractor” excuse in an attempt to avoid liability; Nigeria jailing reporters for “cyber-stalking;” Finland presecutes bishop-elect for book he published; FDA tells scientists to wait 55 YEARS of a freedom of information request regarding Covid-19; More biased reporting by the NYT; American journalist freed from Burma; Feds give BILLIONS of YOUR money to big media companies; and Fauci maskless at a book party
Miami Herald’s newest writer is a robot; University invents brain-typing; and MORE! – In the News – 11/12/2021
MORE: Parents demand audit of school libraries; N. Ireland official sues singer for defamation; Small publisher sues Elizabeth Warren for attempted government censorship; Successful school superintendent fired for disagreeing with school board; Amazon truck cut clean in half by Amtrak train; and Do Amazon drivers know that their UPS counterparts can earn about twice as much?
“Parents Should Not Pick School Books?!”; Jailed for Posting “Misinformation” – In the News – 11/04/21
MORE: Author and hero who refused to hide cause of Challenger disaster dies; Feds sue to stop big publishing merger; Apple loses $1.87 lawsuit in China (why do they keep doing business there?!); UK may jail Internet trolls; Mark Zuckerberg personally approved censorship of Facebook posts; and Public figures don’t get to spew whatever they want without fear of lawsuits.
Book Industry Thrown Into Chaos Over Supply-Chain Delays – In The News – 10-08-21
MORE: Google profiting from news without paying for the journalism? Celebrity sued for posting pictures of herself; Potential liabilities for Facebook in Australia; Man receives $175K after woman calls him rapist online, and contacts his employer; Chinese Covid journalist who disappeared for 600 days has resurfaced; Prophet Muhammad cartoonist killed; Pearson sued Chegg for copyright infringement; Doctor loses lawsuit against newspaper; and Do some researchers consider copyrights “inconvenient?”
Is Twitter Placating China?; Author Calls Publisher Simon & Schuster “Disgusting” IN His Own Book – In The News – 09/23/2021
MORE: Journalist sent Fusion GPS a draft before publishing a major story?!; FAA news agency drone restriction banned; Hollywood production may stop; Court says no arbitration for Amazon in class action lawsuit filed by drivers; Facebook sued for “fact-checking” journalist; Price-fixing by Amazon?!; and “Actual malice” in libel
Book-Tok for Book Promotion; Bishop Quits After Falling in Love with Satanic Writer; and MORE – In The News – 09/09/2021
National Archives says Constitution is Harmful Content; In Australia, media now legally liable for other people’s posts on their Facebook pages; NC bans a beer because they don’t like the label; Amazon workers in CA now allowed to pee in peace?; Former Amazon employee pleads guilty to fraud; Amazon allegedly harms the environment with same-day shipping while investing in the Amazon rain forest; Book biz supply chain disruptions; and 8 ways to prevent Google from watching YOU.
Great Combat Journalist Dies; Snopes Co-founder Plagiarized a LOT?; CNN Accused of “Fear P*rn;” and MORE – In The News – 08/19/21
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NYT sued by TikTok “Talent Agent;” Public figures deserve protection from media’s lies, too; Media personality fooled Simon and Schuster; 72 journalists were killed covering Afghanistan; Magazines fired staffers for attempting to unionize; and “Vaccine expert” claimed she received a muzzles from Amazon and interpreted that as a threat…but the muzzle was purchased with her own credit card.
Amazon/Ebay Responsible for Shoplifting Mobs??; NYT Best Seller – 400,000 Copies in 1st Week; Russian Oligarch Sues Reuters Journalist: In the News – 07/29/2021
MORE: Kid who flew with Bezos on spaceship has never bought anything from Amazon; China accuses Western journalists of making their athletes look ugly; Snopes raises money to fight lawsuits; and Woman in Vietnam sentenced to jail for defamation