The Copyright Alliance has a convenient page set up to help creators and their friends to fill out and send to their own senators to encourage them to co-sponsor and vote for the CASE Act.
If so inclined, please go here https://p2a.co/21l3imn and join the effort.
TheTrichordist.com has good background information on what (or who) has held up the copyright-friendly CASE Act legislation for so long.
https://thetrichordist.com/2020/07/09/oregonmanbad-senator-ronwyden-is-still-justone-senator-sneaking-around-trying-to-screw-creators-in-the-shadows-artistrightswatch/
#OregonManBad
Meanwhile, for authors with a big stake in stopping piracy, and also able to rejoice in the support of major publishers who can afford a Federal case, some are suing Kiss Library, which actually sells pirated e-books and does not pay royalties to the copyright owners and their publishers.
https://www.authorsguild.org/industry-advocacy/ag-members-join-amazon-publishing-and-prh-in-suit-against-kiss-library/
Do not buy e-books online from aliens... especially not from Kissly.net, Libly.net, CheapLibrary.com etc. Instead, either buy from the links on your favorite authors' websites or from their publishers' websites.
Talking of the rich and famous, allegedly, Instagram has put a blocking hold on author and Senator Marsha Blackburn's account on the day of her book launch. Surely that is wrong? It may not have made the News.
Other famously wealthy and influential Twitter communicators and writers such as Bezos, Gates, Musk, and Obama were the victims of a Twitter hack and an implausible Bitcoin scam run from their (taken-over) Twitter accounts.
Allegedly, the scammers netted $118,000 in Bitcoin from gullible Twitter followers, and the real Bezos, Gates, Musk, Obama will remain locked out, unable to reset their passwords, and unable to Tweet until the issue is resolved. That hold is probably not secret.
Blogging legally for the law firm Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, bloggers Andrew Martin, Maggie Pollitt, Abby Sunberg, and Ashley Wetzel quite topically discuss deep fakery.
Lexology link:
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=628fa9f7-9bdf-4fab-86f5-5fdf999f25a0
Original link:
https://www.tafttechlaw.com/2020/07/deepfakes-can-mean-deep-water-and-deep-pockets-for-your-business/#page=1
Like an old favorite spaghetti western, there's some good, some bad, and some downright ugly.
Finally, Broadcast Law Blogger David Oxenford has some surprising random advice for persons who have taken to Zoom or Facebook live (as have some churches) as a substitute for in-house gatherings with music and other copyrighted materials.
The advice may be useful to authors, too.
Lexology link:
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=f8ce0a09-edde-4d38-877b-5d3a1f921733
Original link:
https://www.broadcastlawblog.com/2020/07/articles/random-issues-to-consider-as-media-businesses-adapt-to-the-new-world-of-the-virus-music-uses-on-zoom-and-other-platforms-unlicensed-fm-transmitters/#page=1
As he says, these Covid-19 times are crazy times!
All the best,
Rowena Cherry
SPACE SNARK™ http://www.spacesnark.com/
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