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prismdurosport.com - 6/9/2009
Smell of Books™ Under Attack By Authors Guild
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An organization calling itself “The Authors Guild” has recently contacted the DuroSport Corporation regarding our new Smell of Books™ product line. We have forwarded the communication to our attorneys for review. Please see the DuroSport Insider blog for full details and a ...
Smell of Books
smellofbooks.com - 6/7/2009
Smell of Books
— smellofbooks.com — New Book Smell The smell of e-books just got better Does your Kindle leave you feeling like... there’s something missing from your reading experience? Have you been avoiding e-books because they just don’t smell right? If you’ve been hesitant to jump on ... (more) Smell of Books

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New Book Smell: The Smell of Books, In a Spray-Can
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... olfactory rights constitute a derivative right to be licensed separately. The preservation of these rights is essential as authors explore new markets and distribution channels. Allowing unauthorized third parties to provide the “scent” for a book substantially changes the underlying work to a degree that infringes upon the author’s copyright, not to mention artistic vision. Wonderful. Product page [Small of Books via Neatorama] Smell of Books™ Under Attack By Authors Guild [DuroSport] ...

smell of books aerosol e-book enhancer violates “olfactory rights” of writers
technabob — ... . The Guild’s “statement” claimed that the Smell of Books was violating the “olfactory rights” of authors, so DuroSports had no choice but to pull out their aerosols for now. ...

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