Hillel Italie

October 29, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By HILLEL ITALIE

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July 18, 2007 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - Leaks. Lawsuits. Profiteering. What a way to treat such a fine young man like Harry Potter.Despite pleas for silence from author J.K. Rowling and some leading Potter fan sites, publishing's secret of all secrets - whether the wizard lives or dies - is in danger of becoming plain gossip as publication approaches for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

By Hillel Italie

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November 10, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - The street artist known for his Barack Obama "HOPE," image will be permitted to switch attorneys in his copyright fight against The Associated Press, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.Shepard Fairey's previous lawyers had sought to withdraw from the case after Fairey said he had erred about which AP photo he used as the basis for "HOPE" and then tried to destroy evidence of his mistake.

By HILLEL ITALIE

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October 19, 2009 | Daily Report Online

PITTSBURGH AP - Artist Shepard Fairey, who recently admitted concealing a key mistake in a lawsuit over his use of an Associated Press photo in his famous Barack Obama "HOPE" poster, said Saturday that the error should not be viewed as "premeditated and sinister."Fairey was at the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh on Saturday night for the opening of an exhibit of his works - including the 4-foot-by-8-foot Obama poster.

By HILLEL ITALIE and JOE MANDAK

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April 04, 2001 | Law.com

From "Moby-Dick" and "Rebecca" to "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and "Lolita," classic books have been satirized, sequelized and retold. Now an upcoming satire of "Gone With the Wind" will test how far a writer can go without violating copyright law. A federal judge in Atlanta will decide whether Alice Randall's "The Wind Done Gone" relies too heavily on Mitchell's romantic saga.

By Hillel Italie

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April 10, 2003 | Law.com

An online publisher once sued by Random House for copyright infringement will be issuing electronic versions of books by Margaret Atwood, John Updike and other popular Random House writers. RosettaBooks, which in 2001 angered Random House by putting out digital versions of William Styron's "Sophie's Choice" and other titles without the publisher's consent, announced Wednesday it had agreed with Random House on the release of 51 e-books.

By Hillel Italie

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February 09, 2006 | Law.com

At a time when publishers are suing to prevent Google from putting excerpts of copyrighted books online, HarperCollins has started an advertiser-supported program that will offer a free look at the full text of selected works. There has been disagreement in the publishing community over the effects of making material available on the Internet. Some worry about online piracy and about readers simply downloading the text, as opposed to paying for it.

By Hillel Italie

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October 20, 2005 | Legaltech News

Just weeks after a leading authors' organization sued Google for copyright infringement, the Association of American Publishers has also filed suit against the search engine giant's plans to scan and index books for the Internet. In papers filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, the publishers association sought a ruling that would support an injunction against illegal scanning.

By Hillel Italie

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August 20, 2003 | Law.com

Oral arguments have been scheduled for Friday for the Fox News Channel's trademark infringement suit against humorist Al Franken. Fox, which registered "Fair & Balanced" as a trademark in 1998, seeks to force Franken and his publisher, the Penguin Group, to rename the book, "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right."

By Hillel Italie

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November 09, 2007 | Law.com

A federal judge has ruled that compiling Dorothy Parker's poems was a far less original act than writing them. The editor of a book of uncollected work by the late author did not show enough "creativity" to claim copyright infringement from a near-identical set contained in a book released by Penguin Group (USA), U.S. District Judge John F. Keenan said Nov. 6, contradicting a decision he made four years ago.

By Hillel Italie

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