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Holy Infringement, Batman!: Writer and Artist Battle for Characters in Thongs
By Richard Amada on Jun 16, 2010 | In Visual Arts, Literary | Send feedback »
In the battle for truth, justice, and the American way, comic book characters are often the source of legal conflict. That’s because comic book sales are big business, totaling more than $400 million last year alone…and that’s not factoring in what happ… more »
Potter Plagiarism?
By Richard Amada on Feb 19, 2010 | In Literary | Send feedback »
Author J.K. Rowling – of “Harry Potter” fame – is being sued on a charge that her Harry Potter books constitute copyright infringement. The estate of the late Adrian Jacobs claims that Ms. Rowling swiped substantial portions of Mr. Jacobs’ book, The Adv… more »
J.D. Salinger's Death Opens New Chapter
By Richard Amada on Jan 28, 2010 | In Literary, Cinema, TV, Radio | Send feedback »
The reclusive author of The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger, has died at age 91. The literary world bids farewell to one of the 20th century's most notable and eccentric writers.
Now we wait for the other shoe to drop.
The "shoe" to which I'm re… more »
More on Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Copyrighted Character
By Richard Amada on Jan 7, 2010 | In Literary | Send feedback »
One blog reader was inspired to ask a follow-up question regarding the recent post on the copyright of Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic character, Sherlock Holmes. She asked...
Would this have to have been done by Doyle himself, or could someone else pick… more »
Copyright? It’s Elementary, My Dear Watson.
By Richard Amada on Dec 22, 2009 | In Literary, Cinema, TV, Radio | 1 feedback »
Considering the plethora of commercials hyping it, you’ve probably heard that there’s a new Sherlock Holmes movie (appropriately titled Sherlock Holmes) coming out on Christmas day. Toss this one into the huge collection of film versions of the noted fi… more »
