Archive for January, 2010

A Bill of rights for writers

The Deal Online The UK is a world leader in the creative industries, but digitisation has undermined its competitiveness. The government has responded with the Digital Economy Bill, but this landmark legislation is under threat At the end of October British Secretary of State for Business Peter Mandelson surprised everybody
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The © Word: Copyright and the Google Settlement

“[Opting out of Google] like inertia selling,” claims Anthony Beevor, author of worldwide bestsellers Stalingrad and D Day: The Battle For Normandy. “Why should we have to make sure that they are not selling any of our different translations? My books are available in more than 30 languages, so I have to opt out for every bloody language. When you are talking about 12 titles in each language it is preposterous.”