Authors, Does Donald Trump Care About Your Name Change?

On February 2, 2017, the U.S. Copyright Office issued its final rule in The Federal Register about the removal of personally identifiable information from copyright

The Authors Guild Doesn’t Want To Help People “Find Books or Information”

For the last 11 years, the Authors Guild has been engaged in a legal battle against Google. What did Google do? Well, it borrowed 20

Faulkner’s Literary Estate “Works Hard” (at Staying in the Limelight?)

With how often William Faulkner’s name comes up on social and mainstream media these days, you’d think he were still alive. I can’t seem to

When an Expert Lifts Content from Wikipedia: An Example of Sympathetic Plagiarism?

This week, the Washington Post revealed that acclaimed primatologist Jane Goodall’s new book, Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants, contains

“Covering” the Classics: an Homage or a Rip-Off?

Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847) has inspired numerous adaptations. Margot Livesey’s novel, The Flight of Gemma Hardy (2012), is a recent example. Borrowing heavily from

“Manners” for Authors: On Being Quoted (and an Update on the Faulkner Lawsuits)

When we quote a literary ancestor or a contemporary writer, we often intend it as a compliment.  We found something worth noting or inspiring in