The German Federal Court has pronounced a new verdict in the ‘translator remuneration dispute’ (http://www NULL.ceatl NULL.eu/german-federal-court-verdict/) that has been occupying the German publishing scene since the 2002 amendment to German copyright law. A first reaction from the German literary translators’ association, VdÜ, can be found on the Buchreport (http://www NULL.buchreport NULL.de/nachrichten/verlage/verlage_nachricht/datum/2011/01/20/das-urteil-ersetzt-keine-verguetungsregel NULL.htm) website (in German). More news will follow later.
Italy: Introducing Calibro, a confederation of authors
A new organization has been founded in Italy to represent the main authors’ categories in the publishing industry: writers, literary translators, illustrators, and comic book writers have now joined forces in Calibro, Confederazione Autrici e Autori del Libro (Confederation of Book Authors).