In a Win for Fair Use, Joyce Estate to Pay Author after Excessive Copyright Threats
Author Shloss, a Stanford professor of English, is aided by Stanford Fair Use Project
-- Library Journal, 10/01/2009
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From Andrew Albanese at Publishers Weekly:
In what Fair Use advocates this week hailed as a vindication for the rights of scholars to use copyrighted materials for critical works, the literary estate of James Joyce has agreed to pay $240,000 in legal fees to settle a copyright lawsuit sparked by what attorneys called “threats and intimidation” by Stephen James Joyce, in his efforts to deter author Carol Shloss from quoting Joyce family documents or works in her book and in a subsequent Web-based supplement.
The settlement, attorneys say, suggests a rather novel concept: sometimes the best fair use defense is a good offense. “This case shows there are solutions to the problem Carol Shloss faced other than simple capitulation,” said Stanford Fair Use Project Executive Director Anthony Falzone, whose organization represented Schloss. “The playing field can be leveled and the tables can be turned.”For more, see the full story.
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