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Authors Guild Asks DoJ to Stop PRH Purchase of S&S

Authors Guild Asks DoJ to Stop PRH Purchase of S&S By Jim Milliot | Jan 29, 2021 The Authors Guild, along with five other writers’ groups and the nonprofit Open Markets Institute, has sent a letter to the Department of Justice asking the government to block Penguin Random House’s pending acquisition of Simon & Schuster. In asking for the DoJ to step in, the organizations framed the proposed acquisition as part of the ongoing consolidation within the entire publishing industry including in the bookselling field, which is now dominated by Amazon that the letter writers say has gone too far. “The time has also come to recognize that simply blocking takeovers is no longer sufficient,” the letter states. “The Department of Justice must begin today to proactively restructure the entire U.S market for books in ways that also deal with the danger posed by Amazon.”

First Amendment News 284: Federal law struck down — National Park Service can t compel permits and fees for commercial filming

FIRE First Amendment News The case is Price v. Barr (decided Jan. 22), a case about a man who was criminally cited for filming in a federal park. Facts Gordon Price is a music store owner and part-time independent filmmaker; he lives and works in Yorktown, VA. Last year, Price and a colleague released an independent feature film about a York County stretch of road that has long been the subject of rumors of hauntings and the location of unsolved murders. The film is entitled “Crawford Road.” It premiered at the Boathouse Live Restaurant in Newport News, VA. About 250 people attended the premiere, which received press coverage. Later, it was presented at other venues in Hampton and Yorktown, VA. The film also received some local TV news attention.

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