At the IPA congress in India this year, AAP chief Maria Pallante and WIPO director Francis Gurry will speak about the future of intellectual property.
Topic Overview: ‘Does Your Content Know Its Rights?’
In a quick overview of rights management issues publishers should think about, consultant Bill Rosenblatt looks at a publishers’ handling of content.
How Publishers Can Boost the Value of Intellectual Property
What if the value of a publisher’s IP isn’t just content but organizational, too? A key consultant says publishing needs a reproducible process to harness creative ideas
Author Response Lukewarm to Poland’s New Library Lending Fee Program
Presented as an effort to collect copyright revenue from public library loans for writers and other workers in literature, Poland’s new program finds a slow uptake among authors.
Illustrations, Design, and Above All Stories: China’s StoryDrive Asia 2016, Part 2
One literary agent’s story at this fourth iteration of the international conference was about selling 2,000 English-language titles into the Chinese market. Going the other direction? Not so easy.
China’s StoryDrive Asia 2016 in Beijing: Powered by ‘Hyper IP’
With a new StoryDrive Asia event coming to Singapore, Beijing’s fourth annual iteration revved the potential gains that develop when content industries fuel each others’ expertise.
The Curious Case of the UK’s Popular Ladybird Parodies
Penguin Random House has sold over a million Ladybird parody books in the UK, success that was preceded by a self-published book they once tried to quash.
Borges Literary Homage Prompts Lawsuit
Author Pablo Katchadjian could face jail for remixing Jorge Luis Borges’s story ‘The Aleph’ after Borges’ widow brings a lawsuit for intellectual fraud.
When Google Runs Out of Data to Exploit, What’s Next?
The Googles of the world may next want to exploit oral property, collective traditional knowledge that is written, but has commercial potential.
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.