“Stanford University Acting Professor of English Carol Shloss won the right to publish her scholarship on the literary work of James Joyce online and in print based on a settlement agreement with the Joyce Estate.” – News release.
“Stanford University Acting Professor of English Carol Shloss won the right to publish her scholarship on the literary work of James Joyce online and in print based on a settlement agreement with the Joyce Estate.” – News release.
TeleRead.com is now a static archival site, but we're very much alive at TeleRead.org. Big thanks to Nate Hoffelder of The-Digital-Reader.com, who teamed up on the preservation project with ReclaimHosting.com.
Here is another story about an aggressive descendant of a literary lion that I do not think has been mentioned on this blog yet. The great-great-grandson of Victor Hugo attempted to ban a modern sequel to Les Misérables. He lost his case in France’s highest appeal court as reported in the Guardian in January. Les Misérables was first published in 1862.
The Hugo family seems to be enamored with powerful copyrights. The ubiquitous Berne Convention, the most important international copyright agreement, was developed at the instigation of Victor Hugo claims Wikipedia.
Garson, that tale about Victor Hugo is amazing. Thank god we don’t have to deal with moral rights here. We have a hard enough time with fair use.
Warning: there was no “win” here. The article said that her attorneys negotiated a “covenant not to sue” with the Joyce estate. They were able to do this because Stanford viewed it in their best self-interest to shield their professor from a lawsuit. Can individuals trying to exert fair use rights without a team of university attorneys gain any benefit from the outcome of this case?