This huge extra profit was a gift to publishers back a few years by writers and really, really stupid agents who allowed a writer's
share of electronic publishing to move from 50 % of cover to 25 % of net.
Not exact matches
Before a single child's information is turned over to any 3rd party, policymakers should give assurance to parents and educators that no harm will come to Tennessee school children by adopting the following principles: The state and districts should be required to
publish any and all existing data
sharing agreements in printed and
electronic form, and include a thorough explanation
of its purpose and provisions, and make it available to parents and local school authorities statewide; The Department
of Education should hold hearings throughout the state or testify before the legislature to explain any existing data agreement, and answer questions from the public or their representatives, obtain informed comment, and gauge public reaction; All parents should have the right to be notified
of the impending disclosure
of their children's data, and provide them with a right to consent or have the right to withhold their children's information from being
shared; The state should have to define what rights families or individuals will have to obtain relief if harmed by improper use or release
of their child's private information, including how claims can be made; and finally, any legislation must ensure that the privacy interest
of public school children and their families are put above the interests
of any 3rd Party and its agents and subsidiaries.
The
Electronic Logging Device (ELD) the ELD Final Rule, which was
published on December 16, 2015, will help create a safer work environment for drivers, and make it easier and faster to accurately track, manage, and
share records
of duty status (RODS) data.
To me, this highlights not so much the complacency
of editors, but the attitude
of the
publishing industry generally to
electronic rights and the fair
sharing of royalties.
While it's true that many
publishing houses now offer
electronic versions
of their books, the author's
share of the proceeds is relatively small.
But added that: «This sort
of weirdness will only multiply, however, as long as authors don't
share fairly in the rewards
of electronic publishing.»
(For instance, from Ken Auletta's New Yorker piece on
publishing and the iPad intro: «Amazon had been buying many e-books from publishers for about thirteen dollars and selling them for $ 9.99, taking a loss on each book in order to gain market
share and encourage sales
of its
electronic reading device, the Kindle.»
The CEO
of Activision
Publishing (that's not Bobby Kotick — he is the CEO
of Activision Blizzard) pointedly said his division does not
share rival
Electronic Arts» interest in Facebook gaming because «Call
of Duty has more players who pay - to - play online than any Facebook game.»
In a blog post
published after the announcement, the
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) described the move as «a clear threat to users» control
of how their WhatsApp data is
shared and used.»