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(1) COURT DECISION CURBS A LONGTIME COPYRIGHT REQUIREMENT. [Item bygd Anne Marble.] In 2018, print-on-demand publisher Valancourt Books sued the U.S. Copyright Office because of the “mandatory deposit” requirement — which required the publisher to send U.S. Copyright Office copies of about 240 of the books they publish. They didn’t have the books on grabb and would have had to spend several thousand dollars to produce them. Valancourt faced the possibility of as much as $100,000 in fines.
The legal issues were analyzed by the plaintiff’s law firm Institute for Justice in a 2021 article “Unique Richmond Publisher Will Appeal After D.C. Judge Insists It Must Give the Government Free Copies of Its Books”.
Valancourt is a unique publisher run by James and his husband Ryan Cagle. James is a former lawyer who found his life’s calling reviving and popularizing rare, neglected and out-of-print fiction, including 18th century Gothic novels, Victo
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Fifty Who Made DC Great
Name Field Notes M. C. Gaines publisher Co-owner of National Allied Publications. Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson writer, entrepreneur Founder of National Allied Publications, the precursor company to DC Comics. Harry Donenfeld publisher Co-owner of National Allied Publications. Jack Liebowitz publisher Co-owner of National Allied Publications. Jerry Siegel writer Co-creator of Superman. Joe Shuster artist Co-creator of Superman. Bob Kane writer, artist Co-creator of Batman. Bill Finger writer Co-creator of Batman.[2] Warner Publishing Services distribution company DC sister company responsible for newsstand distribution, formerly known as Independent News Company, Inc.[3] Sheldon Mayer writer, artist, editor Creator of Sugar and Spike. Sol Harrison executive DC's president 1976-1980. Erwin M. "Bud" Budner distribution agent Founder of Delmar News Agency. •
Frank Miller
American writer, artist, and film director (born 1957)
For other people named Frank Miller, see Frank Miller (disambiguation).
Frank Miller (born January 27, 1957)[1][2] is an American comic book artist, comic book writer, and screenwriter known for his comic book stories and graphic novels such as his run on Daredevil, for which he created the character Elektra, and subsequent Daredevil: Born Again, The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: Year One, Sin City, Ronin, and 300.
Miller is noted for combining film noir and manga influences in his comic art creations. He said: "I realized when I started Sin City that I found American and English comics be too wordy, too constipated, and Japanese comics to be too empty. So I was attempting to do a hybrid."[3] Miller has received every major comic book industry award, and in 2015 he was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame.
Miller's feature film work includes writing