Tag Archives: breach of contract

“Judge Sides With Google on Book Scanning Suit”

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Naomi

My ignorant reaction: “Huh?” But have to say, I really don’t know much about the legal issues. At first, I’d have thought that scanning and publishing books on line without paying authors anything would be, um, theft or something. But … Continue reading →

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Two book-related lawsuits overMalcolm X and Richard Ben Cramer

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Naomi

From today’s Publisher’s Lunch: Malcolm X Heirs Sue to Block Publication of A Diary One Daughter Authorized Several of Malcolm X’s family members are reported to have filed a lawsuit last Friday to block publication by Chicago-based Third World Press … Continue reading →

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Where goes Lady Gaga, Martha Stewart is sue to follow

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Naomi

Only in a Sidebar context, I mean. So here’s the fairly amusing muddle that is the Martha Stewart-J.C. Penney-Macy’s lawsuit. Which, in James Stewart’s good-spirited New York Times article, begins: The end may be near for the long-running fight between … Continue reading →

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