HarperCollins controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2021
HarperCollins settles libel lawsuit over “Putin’s People”
Settlement
HarperCollins and author Catherine Belton settled Roman Abramovich’s libel suit over passages in “Putin’s People” concerning his reasons for purchasing Chelsea Football Club. The settlement requires changes to certain passages; HarperCollins and Belton also apologized for aspects of the book that were not as clear as they would have liked.
Company response
Apology — HarperCollins
HarperCollins and Belton apologized for "aspects of the book [that)] were not as clear as they would have liked them to have been."
Source excerpt
UK publisher HarperCollins and Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich settled a libel suit Wednesday over the book "Putin's People" by Catherine Belton.
HarperCollins and Belton apologized for "aspects of the book [that)] were not as clear as they would have liked them to have been."
The settlement means that HarperCollins and Belton have agreed to change certain passages pertaining to Abramovich's reasons for purchasing the Chelsea football club.
2020
Audible and publishers resolve Captions lawsuit
Settlement
Audible and a group of publishers resolved their dispute over Audible Captions, a feature the publishers had alleged converted and distributed audiobook text without authorization. According to the source, the parties' attorneys said they expected to submit settlement documents by 21 January. The source provides no further details about the terms of the settlement or the outcome of the litigation beyond this expected filing.
Audible and the publishers resolved their dispute over Audible Captions, which publishers had alleged converted and distributed audiobook text without authorization. Their attorneys said they expected to submit settlement documents by 21 January; the source provides no further settlement details.
Source excerpt
Seven publishers, including the “Big Five” – Penguin Random House, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins and Macmillan – sued Audible in August
“Audible Captions takes publishers’ proprietary audiobooks, converts the narration into unauthorised text, and distributes the entire text of these ‘new’ digital books to Audible’s customers,” said the lawsuit.
In a letter filed this week in federal court in New York, Audible’s attorneys, writing on behalf of both sides, announced that the parties had resolved their disputes and expected to submit the settlement documents by 21 January.