Inside Independent Publishing (with Ibpa)

New developments in privacy law in Europe, and fair use, piracy, and widespread infringement by high-tech players remain big challenges for publishers. Publishing attorney Jonathan Kirsch analyzes a changing landscape. Topics include: How the European Union’s GDPR privacy laws are tightening up data collection and possibly placing even US-based publishers in legal jeopardy Understanding Fair Use: there are no formulas, only criteria Piracy: even legitimate corporations are trying to use your copyrighted material without permission. Can they? In some cases, legally, they can! But there is always recourse to the DMCA takedown notice, which is surprisingly effective (most of the time) A Hot News Flash: when can you legally file a claim of copyright violation with the court? (hint: you’re not going to like the answer) And an exclusive Kirsch prediction: Euro-style privacy laws are coming to the USA as even Americans demand the “right to be forgotten” Jonathan Kirsch’s website with links to his books and servic