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Pricey James Joyce Kids Story “Cats” Sparks Copyright Fight

James Joyce Cats Kids Story

The recent publication of a previously unpublished James Joyce children’s story by Dublin’s Ithys Press sparks an ugly feud over copyright and public domain.

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The Tools They Are a Changin’: The Ins and Outs of TOC NYC

Bill Patry (via xpectro)

The publishing buzz at last week’s TOC Conference – In: Big Data, Content Discovery Optimization, Diversity; Out: Social Reading, Hate as a Business Strategy

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Unglue.it Crowdfunds Unlimited Licenses for Beloved E-books

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Eric Hellman’s Unglue.it, now in alpha, asks an author or publisher to accept a fixed sum of money from the public for the unlimited use of an e-book.

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Amazon Looks to Launch in India Next Year

Sources told the Times of India that Amazon.com is considering launching on its own in India sometime next year.

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Will Users Pay for Previously “Free” Content?

One of the key issues is whether the cost of licensing content is ultimately too expensive for individuals who want to publish digitally.

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Connecting Creators With Consumers: How IFRRO Regulates the Global Secondary Rights Market

IFRRO aims to help publishers and authors recoup some €300 million annually from lost revenue due to unlicensed content reproduction.

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Publishing in India Today: Growing Imports/Exports, Territoriality, Piracy and Digital

As India gains exposure to the international book markets, it challenges to copyright law, faces piracy issues and begins to add e-books.

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Should India Allow Parallel Book Imports?

Market forces — notably digital publishing — are challenging India’s legal copyright protections for its publishers. Should that change?

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Germany Legislates Protection for “Content” Creators

By Siobhan O’Leary A new initiative backed by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels was announced earlier this month in Berlin, the goal of which is  … 

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Han Han Wins: China’s Baidu Deletes 2.8 Million Works After Copyright Violation

By Edward Nawotka Following complaints by some 40 authors, including race car driving icon Han Han, Chinese search engine giant Baidu has deleted 2.8 million  … 

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