With Cyber Monday nearly upon us, I thought I would take a minute to give a few suggestions for your holiday shopping. 1) Children of Paranoia by Trevor Shane I was lucky enough to get my hands on an advanced copy of Trevor Shane’s debut novel. If the reader in your life loves action, this …
The First-Sale Doctrine took a major hit with the Second Circuit’s decision in John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. Kirtsaeng. The case involves a student reselling foreign editions of textbooks in the U.S. The idea of the first-sale doctrine is that once I have purchased a copy of a book, I have the right to …
Richard Nash wrote a great article for CNN, titled “The lesson of Borders: Bookstores need to guide us.” As Nash explains, we have become inundated by content in the last few years, so being a bigger bookstore doesn’t equate to being a better bookstore. You don’t go to a bookstore for selection. That’s what Amazon …
Check out this article: “The Google Books Settlement and the Uncertain Future of Copyright” – post and pdf. Published in the CPI Antitrust Chronicle, Debbie Rosenbaum, an associate at DLA Piper, analyzes the rejection of the proposed Google Books settlement back in March. As Ms. Rosenbaum explains, the settlement was deemed unsound because it would …
Is the PROTECT IP Act unconstitutional? Last week a group of law professors submitted a letter in opposition to the PROTECT IP Act to Congress claiming just that. Terrence O’Brien writes about it for Engadget. Free speech is what concerns this group of over 100 professors. If a website is hosting 1 piece of infringing …
Media lovers rejoiced yesterday with the announcement of Apple’s iCloud syncing system. All your music, apps, and books available on all your Apple devices – direct from the cloud. But while Apple has secured special licensing agreements with the biggest record labels, I see problems arising with the other media. I wrote about the the …
Here is a great article from The Guardian, titled “Why Writers Treasure Islands.” As they explain it, islands “are literary devices whose natural boundaries help shape and contain narratives.” I couldn’t agree more. The Tempest is my favorite Shakespeare play, and Lost may have been the greatest show of all time. Ok, you’re right it …
Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt sounded off against the proposed Protect IP Act, according to Engadget’s Tim Stevens. The act is meant to “prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property.” Intellectual property rights are at the heart of many battles right now, and Schmidt is right to raise concern over the proposed …
Ok, it may be too early to call The Daily, News Corp’s iPad only newspaper, a failure, but it did lose $10 million in its first quarter. The app was originally free and has only just become a paid subscription. Coupled with investment costs, The Daily had a hard fight to make a profit. However, …
Mashable reported today that “the last company on earth to produce the typewriter — Godrej and Boyce — has shut down its production plant in Mumbai, India.” Apparently, Gawker repudiated the fact that Godrej and Boyce was the last company producing the typewriter. Regardless, the point has been made. The world has no need for the typewriter. …
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