Romania Opens 2026 Funding Round for Foreign Publishers – Three Grant Streams Available for International Houses

Romania's ICR opens 2026 funding for foreign publishers via TPS, Publishing Romania and Romanian Books for Children programmes. Apply 30 March–14 April.
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https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/03/27/romania-2026-translation-grants-tps-rbc/

#Europe #IPRights #Romania #Romaniapublishing

Scandal at the University of Sydney

Professors were caught red-handed blatantly plagiarizing and violating intellectual property rights. Proof including the university admitting to the violation: https://scottgraffius.com/blog/files/intellectual-property-2016-to-date.html

#USYD #Go8 @GroupOfEight @David_Speers #Ethics #IPRights

From Screen to Shelf: What Kedoo’s Digital-First Model Means for Children’s Publishing

Kedoo Entertainment's Booba shows how YouTube-born IP rewrites content funding. Here's what children's publishers should take from the digital-first shift.
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https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/02/28/digital-first-kids-content-publishing-opportunities-kedoo-booba/

#ChildrensBooks #IPRights #Childrenspublishing #KedooEntertainmentsBooba

From Page to Podium: RBmedia’s Audiobooks, Oscar Glory, and the Private Equity Paradox

RBmedia's catalogue underlies three 2026 Oscar-nominated films. But did audiobooks inspire the adaptations? And what does its PE ownership story tell us about publishing?
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https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/02/25/rbmedia-audiobooks-oscar-nominations-private-equity-publishing/

#Audiobooks #DigitalAudio #IPRights #AudioIP #GordonGekko

Saudi Arabia’s New Copyright Law: What Publishers Need to Know

Saudi Arabia's new Copyright Law introduces key reforms, including AI exceptions and stricter enforcement, impacting publishers and rights holders in the region's growing creative industry.
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https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/02/22/saudi-arabia-new-copyright-law-publishers-need-to-know/

#Arabpublishing #IPRights #MENApublishing #MiddleEast #SaudiArabia

“Comparative Methodological Guidelines” violates my IP. The infringing publication was a project of The Roadmap for Educators in Digital Soft Skills (TRENDSS), co-funded by Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.

https://scottgraffius.com/blog/files/cmg-eu-ec-publication-infringes-on-copyright-of-scott-m-graffius.html

#CopyrightInfringement #IntellectualProperty #IPRights #ErasmusPlus #EuropeanUnion #EU #EuropeanCommission #Plagiarism

📹 YouTube: Same Licence, Extra Pain

Who Controls Your Video?

Same as the others: You own the Copyright, but YouTube owns the Licence to use and change your video forever, with no pay. (Meta, Tiktok, LinkedIn)!

When you upload, you give a licence to YouTube and to Other Users (to embed/share your video).

🚨 The Worst Pain: Content ID
If you use a small part of someone's music or video clip, a third party (like a music label) can:

Block your video worldwide.
Seize your video's ad money.

FOR REAL: YouTube's licence is a wide door for the platform and others.

A third party can take control and profit from your work. It's a minefield.

🤔 Does the thought of a music label taking your revenue feel worse than AI training?

cf. https://tech.lgbt/@Crissy/115790310112374971

#YouTubeLaw #ContentID #IPRights

@eyeinthesky yep, you got it tho my focus is 100% on the User's IP Ownership Role.

You rightly flag the technical limitations of ActivityPub, but those limitations do not equate to a transfer of intellectual property (IP).

The User owns the IP: Every post, every original thought, every photo remains the user’s copyright. The user grants the instance owner a licence (permission) to host and display the content. They don't give away the deed.

The Server has the custody: The server is the custodian—it holds the data. If the server goes down or bans you, the content is technically inaccessible to others, but the user still holds the original ownership rights to that IP.

The problem is the tool's failure to respect IP, not the user's lack of ownership.

FOR SURE: We need portability that treats our IP like the valuable asset it is.

#IPRights #DigitalOwnership #FediLaw

‘No One Lives Forever’ Turns 25 & You Still Can’t Buy It Legitimately

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/11/13/no-one-lives-forever-turns-25-you-still-cant-buy-it-legitimately/