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?

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.

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.

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