Expert Analysis

Publishers can survive and even profit from piracy, argues Peter Ollier, as long as they learn the mistakes from the movie and music industries, and focus on innovation

As Managing IP was going to press, Judge Denny Chin of the US District Court in Manhattan said that the proposed Google Book Search settlement would effectively reward Google "for engaging in wholesale copying of copyrighted works without permission".

One way in which book publishers might learn from the movie industry is to consider the suggestions from the Don't Make Me Steal Manifesto. In February this year a group of web developers, designers and consumers of digital content produced the manifesto. Signatories, (14,995 and counting) promise never to download a film illegally if the following criteria are met.

Here are some examples of how authors and publishers are using new technology to improve the experience of readers.

The biggest survey of the world's leading trade mark firms in prosecution and litigation, in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Asia and the Americas

Letters warning of patent infringement are increasingly used as a speculative form of enforcement, with patent holders ‘fishing’ for potential infringers. So how do you avoid misinterpretation?