There is a residual perception in publishing that digital is just another market, and therefore it can be contained and dealt with by specialists without greatly affecting the way things work. That assumption sits nicely with the idea that the market will eventually “settle down” and “come clear”, and this is when real...

The government's stance on the revised Google Settlement has been heavily criticised by authors, with novelist Nick Harkaway calling it "a statement of crawling weakness".

A spokesperson for the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (DBIS) last week confirmed that the government would not be lodging an objection...