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Atwood, Grisham among contributors to pandemic novel 'Fourteen Days'
The story is set on a Manhattan rooftop in 2020 as the virus spreads worldwide and the rich are fleeing the city
Emergency digital library sued over ‘brazen’ copyright violations
Four major publishing houses on June 1 sued the Internet Archive alleging that its “national emergency library” allowing locked-down readers free access to digital books was “brazenly” violating copyright laws.
Google wins long US court battle on book-scanning
Google’s massive book-scanning project cleared its final legal hurdle as the US Supreme Court denied an appeal contending it violates copyright law.
US top court rejects challenge to Google book-scanning project
The US Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge by a group of authors who contend that Google's massive effort to scan millions of books for an online library violates copyright law.
US appeals court backs Google’s book-scanning project
Google’s colossal project to digitise the world’s books does not violate copyright law, a US appeals court ruled, affirming a 2013 decision seen as a landmark for the digital era.
Google's book-scanning project legal
A US appeals court ruled that Google's massive effort to scan millions of books for an online library does not violate copyright law, rejecting claims from a group of authors that the project illegally deprives them of revenue.
Digital era hits income for writers: study
The digital era is cutting into income for book authors, making it more difficult to live off writing alone, a survey by the Authors Guild said.
Authors urge US antitrust probe of Amazon
Authors and booksellers are urging US antitrust officials to investigate whether online retail titan Amazon is abusing its considerable power to the detriment of readers, following a similar move in Europe.
Google should pay authors for scanned books, US appeals court told
Google Inc's massive effort to scan millions of books for a digital library violates copyright law, illegally depriving authors of licensing fees, royalties and sales, a lawyer for a group of authors told a US appeals court.
Hachette, Amazon end nasty feud with deal on book sales
Publisher Hachette and Amazon ended an acrimonious feud over online book sales that highlighted Amazon's market dominance and fuelled protests from leading authors like John Grisham and Stephen King.
