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Author: Michael Capobianco

Michael Capobianco served as President of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) from 1996 to 1998 and again from 2007 to 2008. In addition to being a Writer Beware staffer, he currently serves as Chair of SFWA’s Contracts Committee, Co-chair of their Legal Affairs Committee, and Authors Coalition Commissioner. He received the SFWA Service Award in 2004. Capobianco has published two solo science fiction novels, Purlieu and Burster, and is co-author, with William Barton, of the hard SF books Iris, Alpha Centauri, Fellow Traveler, and White Light, as well as several short stories and magazine articles on exploration of the solar system.

Copyright Claims Board: Mid-January Update

Update: The Copyright Claims Board At the Three-Month Mark

A Contract Clause to Beware: Claiming Copyright on “Publisher’s Content”

Finding Authors: The Importance of Establishing an Online Licensing System for Copyrighted Works

Naughty-No-No! E-reading App Keeps Young Minds Pristine

Time to Bury the Hachette

A Visit to BEA 2014’s UPublishU

ISNI: An Authority for Authors?

Scribd’s New Ebook Subscription Service: Partnering with Publishers, Profiting from Piracy

Introduction: New Writer Beware Committee Member Michael Capobianco

Ann C. Crispin (1950-2013) In Memoriam

Hathitrust and Book Scanning: Copyright Is People

Guest Blog Post: The Google Books Settlement–It’s Not Too Late to Fix It

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