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When Piracy Becomes Infrastructure

Jack Newton, Head of Content Protection and Enforcement at the Publishers Association, speaks to Litro about giant pirate networks, AI training, shadow libraries, takedown systems and why copyright protection is ...

by Eric Akoto • 30th May 202630th May 2026

Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Future Archives, Interviews, Publishing

Independent Publishers, Cultural Memory, and What Still Gets Seen

Daniel T. O’Brien, Executive Director of the Independent Publishers Caucus, talks to Eric Akoto about independent publishing, AI slop, shrinking discoverability, booksellers, libraries, archives and the systems that decide which ...

by Eric Akoto • 7th May 202614th May 2026

FastTrack Editorial Review