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Woody vs Faulkner Copyright Battle
almost as (or maybe more-so) frivolous as the Apple/Samsung krapola
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11-15-2012, 05:20 PM | #2 |
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Wow, and I thought the idea of Lebanon suing Homeland was dumb. This takes the cake, and comes from people who should know better.
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11-15-2012, 06:17 PM | #3 | |
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If you think that lawsuit is bad, check out the followup, as the Faulkner estate also went afterthe Washington Post:
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11-15-2012, 06:29 PM | #4 |
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That's ridiculous!
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Show Faulkner's estate that you support their right to protect his copyright by boycotting all of his works. Don't buy him, borrow him, read him or quote him. That way there's no possibility of stepping on their toes.
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"Copyright law does not protect names, titles, or short phrases or expressions. Even if a name, title, or short phrase is novel or distinctive or lends itself to a play on words, it cannot be protected by copyright. The Copyright Office cannot register claims to exclusive rights in brief combinations of words such as: ... • Catchwords, catchphrases, mottoes, slogans, or short advertising expressions" They're betting on one or more of their victims making a payout of less than the legal fees for a trial. One never knows what a movie studio will do, since they have a vested interest in promoting the misinformation that ideas can be copyrighted, but the Washington Post does not, and likely has plenty of money for lawyers (if not lawyers on staff). I'm thinking this will just go quietly away, and we'll never hear about it. |
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11-16-2012, 02:37 AM | #8 |
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When did Faulkner write that line? Because Owen Wilson said it in the 1920s, according to the film. They should counter-sue.
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11-16-2012, 08:55 AM | #9 |
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"Faulkner's Estate" sounds like a bunch of ignorant, greedy, A-holes to me. Faulkner's works should have have long since passed into the public domain. He died 50 years ago for Pete's sake. Yet another example proving current US copyright law is an absolute farce.
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11-16-2012, 09:00 AM | #10 |
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And not only that but the "heirs" fought bitterly about it for ages, from what I hear...
but googling I'm not finding anything at the moment. Hmmmm Last edited by kennyc; 11-16-2012 at 09:03 AM. |
11-16-2012, 09:03 AM | #11 |
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I'm assuming the Faulknerites are missing the point that a good number of people that heard the quote might actually follow up and read the original source at some point. I'm one of those people.
Of course now that I've heard from the Faulknerites I've thought better of pursuing the original quote. |
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Too bad, Faulkner is a brilliant writer.
His estate seems to be run by clowns, though. |
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The bloke who runs the Estate is apparently Lee Caplin, a film producer and everything else, who has close relationships with Faulkner's wife and daughter, having grown up as a neighbour.
His literary independence and expertise is summed up by the quote "Faulkner is regarded as the greatest writer of the English language of the last century, we're just lucky he was an American." Last edited by Jozawun; 11-16-2012 at 12:51 PM. Reason: error |
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Never mind the quote!
He wrote F******r's name! The writ is probably in the steno pool already. |
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