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To Sue a Mockingbird
By Richard Amada on May 6, 2013 | In Literary | Send feedback »
Author Harper Lee has filed a lawsuit against her former agent for what Ms. Lee says was a case of the agent tricking her into signing away her rights to her much lauded novel, To Kill a Mockingbird.
According to reports, Ms. Lee's lawsuit alleges that… more »
When Is Permission Not Permission?
By Richard Amada on Apr 1, 2013 | In Visual Arts, Literary | Send feedback »
If you're a photographer working on a book, and you ask people if you can take their photograph as part of that work -- and assuming they've given their permission to have their photos taken by you -- do you now have the right to publish the photos in y… more »
"First Sale" Doctrine Goes Abroad
By Richard Amada on Mar 25, 2013 | In Literary | Send feedback »
It seemed like a good idea. An enterprising mathmatics student studing in the United States noticed that a textbook sold for much less in his native Thailand. So he asked his family to buy up a bunch of the books back in his home country and ship them… more »
Copyright Question Is Not So Elementary, My Dear Watson
By Richard Amada on Mar 7, 2013 | In Literary | Send feedback »
Stories about master sleuth Sherlock Holmes scurrying about with his faithful companion, Dr. Watson, to solve Victorian England's most challenging crimes are so old that you might have thought the copyrights on the stories had long ago expired and its c… more »
The Past Isn't Dead So Long as There's Litigation
By Richard Amada on Nov 2, 2012 | In Literary, Cinema, TV, Radio | Send feedback »
The Estate of William Faulkner is suing Sony Pictures Classics and a slew of as-yet unknown defendants over claims that the Woody Allen Film, Midnight in Paris, appropriated Faulkner's words and likeness without permission.
According to the complaint (… more »
