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Fair Use Project and Cyberlaw Clinic at Stanford Law School Represent Scholar in Lawsuit Against the Estate of James Joyce; Landmark Case Tackles Copyright Use, Pleading States Joyce Estate Impedes Academic Progress.

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Date: 20060612
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STANFORD, Calif. -- A landmark case seeking to determine the rights of academics to use copyrighted materials in their writings was filed today in the federal court of the Northern District of California. Carol Shloss, a scholar of James Joyce, is asking the Court to find that she has the right to use quotations from published and unpublished material relating to James Joyce on a scholarly website about him. The Joyce estate has threatened to sue her for this work claiming it is covered by copyright. The suit comes on the eve of Bloomsday, the annual Joyce celebration on June 16 ...

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