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The Nostalgia Critic has been quite active in fighting against DMCA takedown abuse for YouTube video creators, but takedown requests highlighted in a recent Torrentfreak post suggest that it’s a real...

The split-personality issue of digital content “sales” rears its ugly head again, as author Dr. Sheldon Blau files a class action suit against Simon & Schuster on behalf of all S&S...

Received the following email from Gary Young: Most of the eBooks that I buy these days are “protected” with DRM using the Adobe Adept system. Does anyone know how much this adds to...

The European Union has decided that "all scientific articles in Europe must be freely accessible as of 2020," because "EU member states want to achieve optimal reuse of research data." This...

The Wikimedia Foundation has announced that it was required to remove a copy of the Dutch-language edition of The Diary of Anne Frank that was hosted on WMF servers due to...

As already reported in TeleRead, the original text of the diary of Anne Frank is the subject of a legal tussle this year over public domain rights. With the diary text...

I do most of my e-book shopping on Amazon, and via my public library. But sometimes, I come across new books via author blogs and press releases. Pinterest has been a convenient...

Jonathan Taplin produced Mean Streets, Martin Scorsese’s first film, and has also worked with Bob Dylan and George Harrison. Prof. Taplin’s movies have won Oscar and Golden Globes nominations and been...

Everyone's favorite knowledge-hoarder, Reed Elsevier, has apparently had a very good 2015, based on its latest financial results. Trading since February 2015 under the new monicker REXL Group, Reed Elsevier reported...

A couple of months ago, Joanna took a look at the lawsuit against Star Trek: Axanar, a Star Trek “fan film” that had raised over a million dollars via a Kickstarter...

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Courtesy of the Kboards, a worrying item about struggling e-book sites and their ability to monetize engagement with Amazon - or not - has...

TeleRead.com is now a static archival site, but we're very much alive at TeleRead.org. Big thanks to Nate Hoffelder of The-Digital-Reader.com, who teamed up on the preservation project with ReclaimHosting.com.