Appeals Court Upholds National Geographic’s Electronic “Revision” Two Federal Appeals Court rulings within the past week have supported National Geographic in their long-running legal battle with freelance photographers over their Complete National Geographic — comprising all of their printed magazines, reproduced exactly in a digital collection. Though sharply divided in a 7-5 vote, the 11th…
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Lunch for Wednesday, July 2
Judge Rejects Indiana Law to Register and Fine Bookstores A controversial Indiana law, requiring bookstores and other sellers to register with the state and pay a fee in order to sell sexually explicit materials, was rejected by a Federal judge yesterday (the day the law was supposed to take effect). As had been argued by…
Lunch for Tuesday, July 1
Comps Rise at Waterstone’s UK chain Waterstone’s reported sales for the fiscal year of 564 million pounds, up 3.3 percent on a same-store sales basis and 5 percent overall, while income remained flat at 16.3 million pounds. In the continuing process of absorbing Ottakar’s, the chain took a charge of 4.6 million pounds to cover…
Lunch for Monday, June 30
Olsson’s Faces Bankruptcy Creditors including Random House, Penguin and Hachette Book Group petitioned a bankruptcy court last week to liquidate Washington, DC independent store group Olsson’s, seeking payments of nearly $400,000. The Washington Post reports that Ingram and Sony also hold claims to Olsson’s inventories. An attorney for the stores says that they intend to…
Lunch for Friday, June 27
UK Judges Narrow Scope, But Requires Author to Turn Over Terrorist Interview A three-person judicial review panel at London’s High Court has reinforced an order for author Shiv Malik to turn over to Manchester police source material for his book on terrorism from suspect Hassan Butt within seven days. While the ruling focuses the scope…
Lunch for Thursday, June 26
Reeve, Gravett Take Big UK Children’s Prizes Philip Reeve won the prestigious Carnegie Medal for HERE LIES ARTHUR. The judges called it “both a page-turning adventure story and a clever historical novel. It also has clear political resonance for our times, demonstrating humanity’s need to sustain hope and optimism, and our tendency to favour myth…