Internet Archive founder defends the National Emergency Library

Posted on 04/15/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The founder of the Internet Archive is defending its National Emergency Library’s legality to Congress. Brewster Kahle sent a letter...

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Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, Libraries, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, Politics, Publishers Weekly

Settlement has been reached in the Audible Captions copyright lawsuit

Posted on 01/15/2020 at 12:04 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon and the publishers objecting to its new Audible Captions feature have reached a settlement in their copyright-infringement argument. The...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Audiobook, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, The Digital Reader

Publishers file lawsuit over Audible Captions feature

Posted on 08/23/2019 at 04:11 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Big publishers weren’t happy when Audible revealed its planned Audible Captions feature last month. Today, they acted on that displeasure:...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Audiobook, Lawsuit, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, Technology, The Digital Reader, The Passive Voice

Audible Captions comes under fire from publishers

Posted on 07/22/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Those of you who looked forward to Audible’s Captions feature might want to pause for a moment. The feature, currently...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, Publishers Weekly, Technology

Why launch your own imprint?

Posted on 07/22/2019 at 03:50 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you’ve ever wondered why indie authors launch imprints of their own, David Wogahn has some answers. Wogahn explains the...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese