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A federal judge handed down summary judgement  in yet another Authors Guild lawsuit last week, ruling that book scanning by libraries is “transformative” and thus fair use under copyright law.… Read more »

The fallout of the anti-trust lawsuit settlement against Hachette, Harper Collins, and Simon & Schuster  has begun. Amazon is apparently eager and confident in expecting cash back for their customers from the… Read more »

In all the Mo Yan frenzy, you may have missed the news that another prize was handed out last week: the Harvill Secker Young Translators’ Prize, a relative newcomer to… Read more »

Last week, the blog Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York ran an interview with Greg Newton, co-founder of the Bureau of General Services – Queer Division, a project that’s hoping to launch… Read more »