September 15, 2014

German technical university defies German textbook publisher in a case with a surprising amount of drama

Sal Robinson

In a case that echoes Google’s unauthorized scanning of millions of copyrighted works, the European Union Court of Justice has ruled that libraries in EU member states may digitize books… Read more »

Mein Kampf to be published in Germany for the first time since 1945 — Simon Reichley
Who wrote Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl? — Taylor Sperry
Author accuses 60 Minutes of stealing idea from his book — Julia Fleischaker
This week in legislative ineptitude: State of Georgia wildly misconstrues purpose and meaning of the word "copyright", sues man for helping people understand the law of the land — Simon Reichley

The latest blotter of author crime and alleged author crime

Liam O'Brien

Surprising nobody, least of all the jaded private eyes at MobyLives (slogan: NO CASE OR TRIM SIZE TOO SMALL), the literary world is still a rogue’s gallery of reprobates, thieves,… Read more »

n+1 celebrates, anthologizes tenth anniversary

Mark Krotov

The Partisan Review survived for nearly seven decades, and last year, the New York Review of Books turned fifty. But these numbers deceive. For most literary magazines (except for the… Read more »

Pew report finds that Millennials use libraries as much as their elders, and read more

Julia Fleischaker

A Pew report pulling together years of research found that American millennials (defined as ages 16-29) use libraries as much as their elders (but are less engaged), and are more… Read more »

Steve Jobs’s surprisingly low-tech parenting

Nick Davies

In a fairly surprising revelation, New York Times writer Nick Bilton reports that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs didn’t let his children use the iPad when it first came out, and… Read more »