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Content / e-books
DoJ, Publishers Urge Court to Deny Kohn’s Attempt to Intervene in Settlement
In its motion opposing attorney and RoyaltyShare founder Bob Kohn’s motion to intervene in the deal between the government and three publishers, the U.S. Department of Justice said it knows Kohn is against the recently approved price-fixing settlement.
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Content / e-books
With DoJ Settlement Approved, Pre-Trial Skirmishes Begin for Non-Settling Parties
Following the approval of the DoJ’s price-fixing settlement earlier this month, last week saw filings from Penguin and Apple that make clear a key strategy for the non-settling parties: putting Amazon on trial.
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Copyright
Appeals Court Grants Stay of Google Proceedings
In an order filed Monday morning, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay, with the consent of the parties, in the Authors Guild vs. Google case until after it issues its decision on Judge Denny Chin’s May 31 ruling granting the case class action status.
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Copyright
Publishers Appeal 'Flawed' Decision in GSU E-Reserves Case
The three publisher plaintiffs in the Georgia State University e-reserve case yesterday lodged an appeal with the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, seeking to overturn one of the most significant fair use rulings in decades.
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Copyright
AAP, SIIA Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Key First Sale Ruling
In separate amicus briefs filed with the Supreme Court last week, both the Association of American Publishers (AAP), and the Software and Information Industry Association of America (SIIA) argue that the doctrine of first sale does not apply to foreign-made works.
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Copyright
Publishers Appeal Ruling in GSU E-Reserves Case
Officials at the Association of American Publishers have confirmed that the publisher plaintiffs in the Georgia State University e-reserve case have lodged an appeal with the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
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BookLifeCheck It Out with Nancy Pearl: Libraries and Self-Published Books
Q: From a University of Washington I-School colleague of Nancy’s comes this great topic for discussion: how libraries collect self-published materials. One of the students in that colleague’s class asked: “How do public library selectors who rely primarily on vendor lists and professional pre-publication book reviews find out about the growing number of self-published materials? Is it possible to give the same credence to a book whose content, ideas, or writing style may not have been reviewed except by the author and has not been through the editing and publishing process?”
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Content / e-books
Federal Judge Approves Settlement in DoJ E-Book Case
Approval of the settlement had been widely expected. Still, the timing took the industry by surprise; the final decree comes less than five months after the Department of Justice first announced its action, and one week after the three publishers struck a more than $70 million deal to settle state price-fixing claims.
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Content / e-books
Resistance Begins as Bob Kohn Files Motion to Stay Approval of DoJ Settlement
Attorney and RoyaltyShare founder Bob Kohn today filed two motions: one to intervene in the DoJ’s settlement with three publishers for the purposes of an appeal, and one seeking an immediate stay of the Settlement pending an appeal to the Second Circuit.
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Content / e-books
Federal Judge Denise Cote Approves DoJ E-Book Settlement
In a stunning development, federal judge Denise Cote today approved the DoJ’s settlement with publishers over alleged e-book price-fixing—just a day after U.S. attorneys asked the court to forego a hearing and approve the deal. The decision is dated September 5.
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Content / e-books
U.S. Attorneys Are Not Impressed By Bob Kohn’s Comic Brief
In a supplemental reply addressing amicus briefs filed by the Authors Guild and attorney Bob Kohn, who made headlines this week by submitting a five-page comic brief, U.S attorneys have urged Judge Denise Cote to “enter the proposed Final Judgment" in the e-book price-fixing case "without further hearing.”
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Content / e-books
A Work of Art: Bob Kohn Submits DoJ Amicus Brief as Comic Strip
For those in publishing who have followed the DoJ price-fixing case, it has from the start seemed like a cartoonish affair. Now, thanks to former music executive and RoyaltyShare founder Bob Kohn, it is a cartoon. Handcuffed by the court’s decision to re-file his argument against the DoJ’s settlement with three publishers in just five pages, Kohn filed the brief in the form of a comic strip.
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Publisher News
Education Publishers, Distributors Settle Claims Over Counterfeit Textbooks
Four major educational publishers have settled claims with five distributors involving the sale of counterfeit textbooks. Cengage Learning, John Wiley and Sons, Pearson, and McGraw-Hill report that the five separate settlements call for “the combined payment of more than $2.6 million dollars and agreements not to engage in any infringement going forward.”
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Copyright
As Expected, No Stay in Google Case
In a bit of procedural news, Judge Denny Chin last week issued an order denying an August 17 request by Google to stay the Authors Guild's current lawsuit against them until after the Second Circuit Court of Appeals rules on Judge Chin’s decision to certify the case as a class action.
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Content / e-books
Checks, or Credit: The Broad Strokes of the States’ E-book Settlement
More details have emerged concerning the deal to settle e-book price-fixing claims between 54 states and U.S. territories and HarperCollins, Hachette, and Simon & Schuster.
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People
'Library Journal' Editor-in-Chief Francine Fialkoff to Step Down
MediaSource Inc. announced today that Library Journal editor-in-chief Francine Fialkoff is leaving LJ effective September 1.
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Publisher News
Wiley Joins Open Access Group
In another sign of the shift to open access publishing, Wiley has announced its membership in the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), a global organization representing the interests of open access journal publishers.
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Content / e-books
Springer Expands Open Access Program to E-books
Springer announced this week that it has expanded its open access (OA) publishing program to include a full open access option for e- books.
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Content / e-books
Court Will Allow More Five Page Amicus Briefs in E-book Case
In a mixed ruling, Judge Denise Cote will allow the Authors Guild, along with Royalty Share founder and music industry veteran Bob Kohn, to submit amicus briefs in connection with the DoJ’s price-fixing settlement.
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Copyright
Judge Delays Google Proceedings, Citing Plaintiff’s “Health Issue”
There will be a delay in the Google proceedings after all. In a scheduling order filed late Friday, August 17, Judge Denny Chin, at the request of the plaintiffs agreed to delay the current schedule.
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