Zumwinkel Tax Evasion Probe Enrages Germans Fed Up With Corporate Greed Feb 19, 2008
Outside classes for corporate counsels have multiplied and legal publishers have expanded their programs to include handbooks on compliance and corruption prevention. There are immense efforts in many German companies to sharpen awareness for compliance,'' Blomberg said. (Bloomberg)
Battle on Microsoft standard push Jan 29, 2008
" Jelliffe witnessed the struggle technical and legal publishers had to integrate Word documents in structured document systems before XML, and says the industry is "over the moon" that Microsoft is now sharing its secrets. "Finally they've rolled over and are giving us what we want," he says. Jelliffe, who has copped some flak for being pro-Microsoft - he has done some consulting for the company - says drawing Microsoft into the standards process "is making it become a good corporate citizen".... (Australian IT)
Chinese police close "illegal" newspaper, arrest two Nov 11, 2007
"Some illegal publishers change the names and place of distribution to avoid inspection; some publications, claiming to be registered abroad, are sold here without legal qualification and some even fake foreign identity; some legal publishers do not manage their publications and even sell the licenses to unqualified individuals or organizations," the notice said. Editor: Du Guodong. (Xinhuanet, China)
- Marcel Berlins Mar 19, 2007
In the past, he pointed out at a conference held by legal publishers Sweet and Maxwell, judges could choose between a variety of sentences, according to their assessment of the best interests of society. But they "no longer have the power to tailor the sentences to the problems presented by the offender ... Judges are now obliged to apply rules, enacted to fulfil a political agenda, which do not take account of the practical realities.". (Guardian Unlimited)
High price of books causes piracy Mar 7, 2007
Since Indonesia ratified the 1886 Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works in 1997, it should effectively enforce legislation to protect authors' rights to decide when and whether to publish works, as well as the rights of the 750 legal publishers in the Indonesian Publishers Association. The convention, influenced by France's Rights of the Author, requires states to protect the copyright of a book for a period of the life of the author plus 50 years. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- City)
