Legal Commentary

Publishing exec: why I break DRM
Because s/he wants to read the content.  (At last count I'm now up to 5 e-reading apps on my phone.)  And yet we still need to have DMCA exemption hearings. Thanks, inflexible law!

Gale Acquires HighBeam
Gale Acquires HighBeam For Online ResearchYesterday, Gale aquired HighBeam to "further itsdevelopment in user experience. Terms of the deal were not disclosed."Read more on PaidContenthttp://www...

eBook Trends That Will Change the Future of Publishing Sooner Rather Than Later (excluding, perhaps, WEXIS eBooks)
Philip Ruppel, president of McGraw-Hill Professional, identifies five eBook trends that will change the future of publishing: Enhanced E-Books Are Coming and Will Only Get Better The Device War Is Nearly Over The $9...

Digital law books, redux
I have been thinking about books recently while considering our firm’s own print and online collection. Paul Emond?s column last week on The Future of Academic Legal Publishing addresses head-on the challenges and opportunities facing publishers of law-related books (and casebooks)...

Future Publishing Shuffles Executive Deck
Future Publishing, the publisher of some of our favorite magazines and publications, has announced a personnel shuffle today and the closure of one magazine...

Questions a Publishing Industry Futurist is Mulling Over for 2012
One would expect a publishing industry futurist to issue a set of predictions for 2012. But for 2012, Mike Shatzkin writes: Rather than predict the future for the industry?s biggest players, I am posing what I think are the biggest...

Ram Publishing
alleging phone book advertising contract fraud.

Third Party Mobile Content Charges Settlement
Third Party Mobile Content Charges Class Action Settlement

Lip Gloss Keychains
for Lead Content

Mobile Content Class Action Settlement Announced
Mobile Content Class Action Settlement Announced

Google
alleging that companies who used internet advertising to sell mobile content have overpaid for keywords.

Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, Verizon and Alltel
allegedly charging customers for unauthorized mobile content