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11:41:18 -0700 (PDT) From: William Harker <
william_harker@yahoo.com> To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Re:
No new Maltese Falcon movie
> As I was commencing research on a proposed book
covering the Spade Radio Show copyright infringment trial
initiated by Warner Bros. and Knopf against CBS, Hammett and
others, I had a chance to exchange e-mails with Helen Borgers
and learn a bit more about Hammett's granddaughter's
involvement. The trial transcript and defense memoranda are
actually pretty interesting once you wade through all the
legal material as they cite literally dozens of detective
fiction authors and their detectives and the way the
copyrights were handled. Of course, eventually CBS and
Hammett won (Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal) but
the decision has been superceded by several other copyright
decisions by the Supreme Court that place in serious doubt
whether CBS and Hammett could now win the case.
They have a little exhibit on the case at the Library of
Congress. I noticed it when I went to interview for a job at
the Copyright Office in 2005.
Jordan
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