tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post409655172851370111..comments2024-03-28T02:29:37.413-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: A Question for the Legal EaglesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-72723184137130208102011-06-30T11:51:08.558-05:002011-06-30T11:51:08.558-05:00I would guess that Sara Jane Boyers, who lists her...I would guess that Sara Jane Boyers, who lists her credentials as an intellectual property attorney (retired), would know the answer to this question. Or maybe her husband, Steven R. Boyers, who is a practicing attorney, would know.Cat Bauer in Venice Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18376687575392758300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-20240890033877612422011-06-29T07:02:22.056-05:002011-06-29T07:02:22.056-05:00The key to the Salinger case, I believe, is that S...The key to the Salinger case, I believe, is that Salinger registered his letters for copyright protection after he found out about the bio. I suppose that means he renewed the copyright. I doubt that Gresham did.<br /><br />I also wonder about "Letters of Note" and many other similar sites on the Internet.<br /><br />However, I'm staying on the safe side for now.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-66564463732808360432011-06-29T06:39:26.960-05:002011-06-29T06:39:26.960-05:00Bill beat me to it, but I was going to mention the...Bill beat me to it, but I was going to mention the J.D. Salinger ruling. I'm not sure that things had ever been defined prior to his lawuit, but now, apparently, the recipient of the letter owns the physical letter, the writer owns the words.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-53996080127426956382011-06-28T22:04:50.625-05:002011-06-28T22:04:50.625-05:00First, the owner of the letter owns the letter, bu...First, the owner of the letter owns the letter, but not the contents. That's owned by the writer, or his estate. Right on that point.<br /><br />Regarding the letter, I'm not sure. J.D. Salinger sued over his letters quoted in a biography of his and won (the next edition the author had to summarize the contents). Certainly anything before 1923 is fair game. I'm not sure otherwise.Bill Peschelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257587479467531187noreply@blogger.com