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The Only Mystery Is How the Publisher Missed This
By Richard Amada on Nov 16, 2011 | In Literary
Okay, spy thrillers often adhere to a certain formula that might conjure up past works from which they draw inspiration. But there's a world of difference between borrowing inspiration and practically swiping whole passages of copyright protected books.… more »
The Help Hires a Lawyer
By Richard Amada on Sep 10, 2011 | In Performing Arts, Literary
One of the big movie hits of the summer is The Help, a film based on Kathryn Stockett's novel about African American maids and their white employers in the 1960s American South. And, as I've said on various occasions before, whenever a movie's making mo… more »
Harper Lee Prize Finalists Announced
By Richard Amada on Jun 20, 2011 | In Literary
The American Bar Association Journal and the University of Alabama announced the three finalists for the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. The finalists are: The Reversal, by Michael Connelly; The Confession, by John Grisham; and Fatal Convictions, by… more »
Legally Playwriting
By Richard Amada on Jun 8, 2011 | In Performing Arts, Literary
Beginning tomorrow (Thursday, June 9, 2011) the Dramatists Guild of America will hold its first ever national conference on playwriting, and it will hold it in northern Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C. Among the topics to be covered are some o… more »
Let It Be...Published
By Richard Amada on Apr 8, 2011 | In Literary
Correspondence written by musical legend John Lennon during his lifetime is going to be published in a new book. Actually, on a more technical level, it's a republishing of the letters. You see, the way the law views it, simply composing and mailing a… more »
