The Dr. Seuss issue - Page 16

pwalker8 · 03-14-2021, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by John F

Since "current law" was mentioned, I was wondering if there was some sort of morality law.

I would think that if there was a contract, the publisher couldn't just stop publishing something if it broke the contract.

In this case, the Suess estate appears to be both the copyright holder and publisher, so they can pretty much do what they want?

It's not actually the Seuss estate, it's a corporation set up by Geisel's widow before she died, so it comes down to how the corporation was set up. Can the heirs over rule the decision or is it set up with no direct over sight? I have no idea. I would certainly think that the heirs can sue if they feel that the corporation is doing something that decreases the long term value of the books.

haertig · 03-15-2021, 02:18 AM

The Seuss people saw a way to get themselves into the news, thus sell a few more books, by doing some virtue signaling. They can do what they want, it's their books. Personally, I laugh to myself at the self-righteous self-serving nature of virtue signalers. They seem so obviously fake to me. I just chuckle and shake my head at all the transparent things they do, and go about my business.

ernieh · 03-15-2021, 03:58 AM

Did Seuss do his own art work in the books, if not just change the art work to suit woke sensibilities no one seems to object to the words.

issybird · 03-15-2021, 08:52 AM

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03-15-2021, 02:18 AM	#227
haertig Wizard Posts: 1,738 Karma: 26006874 Join Date: Sep 2017 Device: PW3, Fire HD8 Gen7, Moto G7, Sansa Clip v2, Ruizu X26	The Seuss people saw a way to get themselves into the news, thus sell a few more books, by doing some virtue signaling. They can do what they want, it's their books. Personally, I laugh to myself at the self-righteous self-serving nature of virtue signalers. They seem so obviously fake to me. I just chuckle and shake my head at all the transparent things they do, and go about my business.

03-15-2021, 03:58 AM	#228
ernieh Connoisseur Posts: 68 Karma: 2113545 Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Johannesburg Device: kobo touch, kobo mini, Icarus Xl, Likebook Mars, Kobo Forma, Pocketboo	Did Seuss do his own art work in the books, if not just change the art work to suit woke sensibilities no one seems to object to the words.

03-15-2021, 08:52 AM	#229
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 20,224 Karma: 222235366 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5	A reminder please not to let this drift into partisan politics. Members are welcome to post similarly in P&R.