Sanctioned fake Amazon reviews by gun enthusiasts savage book by Sandy Hook mom
If you search this blog’s archives, you’ll find a number of references to Tuscan Whole Milk. This is not because the contributors to MobyLives have a particular affinity for Tuscan… Read more »
When is an Amazon employee not an Amazon employee? On payday, says a new lawsuit
Last week, Amazon, a company not unfamiliar with litigation, was hit with a new lawsuit. The case, Taree Truong et al. v. Amazon.com et al, was filed by four former… Read more »
British Supreme Court rules that pianist James Rhodes can publish his memoir
Last year, we reported on a British legal case so weird that it was hard to summarize it in a pithy headline. The post’s headline was “British legal case so… Read more »
Website with limited quality control standards sues other websites for exploiting website’s limited quality control standards
Last week, Amazon filed a lawsuit in Washington’s King County Superior Court against four websites: BuyAmazonReviews.com, BayReviews.net, BuyReviewsNow.com, and BuyAzonReviews.com. Why did Amazon do this? Let’s go to the complaint:… Read more »
British legal case so weird that pithy headline is impossible
Books and legal issues have converged in some odd ways over the last few weeks. First there was Arizona’s controversial revenge porn law, which was opposed by booksellers and librarians,… Read more »
Anti-corporate judge dismisses indie bookseller suit against Amazon
Three indie bookstores had their lawsuit against Amazon and the Big Five dismissed, in every sense of the word, last week. As we’ve discussed twice previously this suit, filed last… Read more »
“Malcolm, uninterrupted”: the controversy over Malcolm X’s 1964 diary
If all goes to plan, this Thursday, the small publishing house Third World Press will publish a unique and fascinating book: Malcolm X’s diary from 1964, the last year of… Read more »
Amazon workers sue over unpaid security screenings
Current and former Amazon warehouse workers in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Washington have filed class-action lawsuits against the online retail giant over lengthy, unpaid security screenings they are forced to undergo… Read more »
Paying for the past: Woody Allen wins Faulkner lawsuit
“It’s going to be damaging to creative people everywhere,” said Lee Caplin, overseer of the Faulkner literary estate. Was he referring to the activities of Amazon? Or the Penguin Random House merger?… Read more »