Determining what allows you to lend, re-sell or gift your purchased digital books.… Read more »

A copyright dispute over a questionnaire called the Beck Hopelessness Scale caused the Edublogs site and its millions of linked education blogs to go offline for more than an hour. The incident,… Read more »

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 »

In the wake of an influx of new reading formats, from graphic novels to tablets, it’s often forgotten that access to books has not improved for the blind. This is… Read more »

The controversies of academic publishing, in particular the ‘academic spring’ campaign against Dutch company Elsevier for its steep and predatory pricing, have been extensively covered by this blog, here, here,… Read more »

I hope you haven’t been doing anything naughty with your internet connection, because very soon, if all goes to plan, your internet service provider (ISP) may pre-emptively monitor your account,… Read more »

The debate over Digital Rights Management systems (DRM) continues to rage unabated. Even this week, French Publisher Michel Lafon announced that they are following sci-fi publisher Tor and going DRM-free. Still,… Read more »

Google can’t seem to get out of court in the U.S. — it’s been there since 2007, when it was first sued by pretty much the entire book industry for… Read more »

Canada’s leading intellectual property lobby, the Canadian IP Council (CIPC), seems to be eagerly following the US down the SOPA rabbit hole. On his blog, IP law professor at the… Read more »

A United States trade agreement is being negotiated in secret that includes a set of copyright rules thought to be even more stringent than the defeated and much maligned bills SOPA… Read more »