Last week, as you will probably be aware, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) brought a large antitrust suit against Amazon. The central allegation is that Amazon has a “set of interlocking anticompetitive and unfair strategies” which it uses to maintain a monopoly.
Hollywood writers’ strike has had a massive impact on what will be hitting viewers’ screens in the weeks and months to come as show after show has been canned. Now the strike seems to have ended.
Anything that starts life under the name “online harms” and comes to maturity by the name “online safety” will always have a shade of the Orwellian about it. Last week, a piece of legislation that could have been born to wear that adjective was finally passed into UK law. ALLi's Self-publishing News Editor reports.
Last week, the Authors’ Guild filed a class action against the tech giant. What makes this lawsuit particularly significant is the number of high profile authors whose names are attached. The name most of the headlines focus their attention on is Song of Ice and Fire author George R R Martin. ALLi's Self-publishing News reports on this latest lawsuit against OpenAI.
Last week, I reported on Amazon’s changes to KDP terms around AI generated content. Authors are now required to disclose the nature of their use of AI.
Audiobooks are here to stay. This billion-dollar industry has seen double-digital revenue growth especially for platforms like Spotify. Today, ALLi's News Editor, Dan Holloway explores the tactics in the audiobook space particularly about audio platforms like Spotify and Nextory.
What exactly are shadow libraries? What role do they play in the lives of readers, writers, and technology companies? And why have four publishers in the US this week taken legal action against Library Genesis (LibGen)?