quinta-feira, 12 de janeiro de 2012

Meet Stephen Joyce

He warned the National Library of Ireland that a planned display of his grandfather’s manuscripts violated his copyright. (The Irish Senate passed an emergency amendment to thwart him.) His antagonism led the Abbey Theatre to cancel a production of Joyce’s play “Exiles,” and he told Adam Harvey, a performance artist who had simply memorized a portion of “Finnegans Wake” in expectation of reciting it onstage, that he had likely “already infringed” on the estate’s copyright. Harvey later discovered that, under British law, Joyce did not have the right to stop his performance.

Continuar a ler aqui (parece que os direitos para a obra de Joyce, até aqui detidos pelo seu neto, estão prestes a expirar.)

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