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copyright abuser: the joyce estate

February 15, 2004 8:03 AM - comments (1)

This story about the Joyce Estate telling the Irish government that it will sue if there are "any public readings of Joyce's works during the festival commemorating the 100th anniversary of Bloomsday" is just the latest example of the copyright abuse of the Joyce estate. Australia, you've got twenty more years of this silliness to contend with.

Posted on February 15, 2004 8:03 AM | | technorati

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February 16, 2004 3:39 PM AntiSilly:

Just one comment. What happened to sovereign immunity?

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