Monthly Archives: February 2012

International Book Pirates take a shot across the Bow

Authors, publishers, and their lawyers look at websites giving away ebooks for free and think, “What can we do about it?” Apparently, a German court is ready to take on the pirates. According to this article from Publishers Weekly, “[a]n international alliance of publishers and publishing associations has succeeded in getting a Munich court to

Dickens and his Lawyers

A few days late, but here is my Happy 200th Birthday to Dickens. To belatedly celebrate, you should check out this editorial from the New York Times titled “Dickens v. Lawyers” by Joseph Tartakovsky. Mr. Tartakovsky presents a tight analysis of the role of lawyers in Dickens work, Dickens’ own legal pursuits, and the common