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Steinbeck family feud

Postby Silver_Surfer1 » Thu Oct 14, '10, 3:40 pm

The descendants of author John Steinbeck have been embroiled in a family feud of sorts over copyright issues, which a Judge has recently made a ruling on:

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39660191/ ... ?GT1=43001
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Re: Steinbeck family feud

Postby Thoul » Thu Oct 14, '10, 10:15 pm

Interesting. From what I've seen of cases like this, usually the courts side with the descendants of the author. This one is a little different because it's two parts of a family instead of a family against a corporation. Even so, seeing this change in the courts is a bit unexpected for me.
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