K-Books Are Coming
K-dramas and K-pop have placed the Republic of Korea at the center of the media universe. Are K-books about to join them?
A Look at Hachette v. Internet Archive
Recorded at Copyright & Technology Conference 2023
CCC Town Hall Preview With Bruce Rich
In the rapidly developing world of AI uses and discussions, copyright issues are key.
Arcadia Endowment Supports MIT Press Open Access “Experiments”
The six-decade-old MIT Press is a pioneer in open access publishing.
Cryptocurrency and Cryptic Copyright
A smart contract isn’t really a contract – it is simply a bit of self-executing code, according to Paul Sweeting. “It’s not the equivalent of a contract of sale or a license contract that is written down by lawyers and signed by both parties and notarized,” he says.
Licensing Comes to Podcasting
Producing podcasts has never have been more lucrative. For top-shelf creators, producers, distributors and platforms, podcasting may be an end in itself – or it can serve as a bridge to film, television, and publishing.
Saving Copyright for UK Authors & Publishers
In June, the UK’s Intellectual Property Office announced it will look at changes to the exhaustion of intellectual property rights. Essentially, exhaustion of IP rights is a limit on the control that copyright holders and others have over physical distribution of their works, such as books, in markets around the world.
Libraries in Lockdown
As Open Access and Open Science policies have taken hold, university librarians flung open the doors to their institutions. But in March 2020, those same libraries were forced to shut as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold.
Rights Management & ROI
Over the past two decades, technology has transformed rights management from back-office clerical function to strategic opportunity across many sectors of publishing.
Book Readers Who Are Buccaneers and Buyers
Data-informed guidance on turning book pirates into book buyers.