Gene Healy reviewed Noam Chomsky’s 9/11 book here extremely well last month, and since I agree with virtually all of his judgments, I will not reinvent this particular wheel. But I ran across this article that tells us Mr. Chomsky’s book has sold well over 100,000 copies, is even now …

German media conglomerate Bertelsmann sold millions of anti-Semitic books during the Nazi era and used Jewish slave laborers according to its own commission: Bertelsmann tapped the rising Nazi tide to switch from publishing religious and school books to entertainment for the German army, selling 19 million books to soldiers in …

Pink Floyd reunion unlikely as Waters still fumes: Pink Floyd, which has not performed together since 1994, remains on hiatus while its members pursue various projects. Gilmour is preparing to release a concert video in November, and hopes to record a solo album next year. “Pink Floyd, to be honest, …

One license will be valid for all 18 member countries: This replaces the current system where broadcasters need to secure a license from each national copyright administration and collecting societies, it said. “The creation of a legitimate marketplace for so-called simulcasting will benefit both consumers and rights-holders,” said EU Competition …

As covered extensively here yesterday, HR 5469 provides for a new royalty schedule for “small” webcasters based upon a percentage of revenues rather than on a per song basis. As it now reads, this would not apply to college stations: Officials for college radio stations that play music online say …

President Bush to sign a bill that will “level the playing field” between online and classroom education usage: The legislation would amend the Copyright Act of 1976 so that online-education instructors could use excerpts from recordings of dramatic literary and musical works — such as plays, musicals, and operas — …

London’s Science Museum has “Bond, James Bond” exhibit opening October 16: “We have 100 different things from the 20 Bond films so far, including at least one from every film,” Nicola Osmond Evans, a spokeswoman for the museum, said Friday. The exhibition, which will fill up two floors, will open …

Website B-Movie Theater announces this year’s inductees to the B-Movie Hall of Fame: “B-Movies have long been ignored by the critics and award-givers, but audiences love them and have kept the B-Movies alive all of these years,” says Ron Bonk, founder of B-Movie Theater and curator of the B-Movie Hall …

Spiritual comfort and Harry Potter were highlights of the year: The search for spiritual sustenance after last year’s September 11 attacks has boosted the profits of religious publishers while children have demonstrated an insatiable appetite for the exploits of a boy wizard. With the industry hit by the current global …

Cable network buys five former network shows: The network has bought “Dilbert” (30 half-hours) from Columbia, “The Ben Stiller Show” (13 half-hours) from Warner Bros., “Clerks” (only six half-hours) from Disney and “Gary & Mike” (13 half-hours) from Paramount. Comedy Central also bought a fifth busted network-primetime series, “Undergrads” (13 …