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Preventing Literature from “Disappearing Up Its Own A-Hole”: Quotations, Fan Fiction, and Copyright Law

August 4, 2013 A.M.B.

Last fall, when the William Faulkner Estate sued Sony Pictures, the Washington Post, and Northrop Grumman for their uses of short Faulkner quotes and paraphrases,

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We All Win When the Faulkner Estate Loses!

July 20, 2013 A.M.B.

The decision in Faulkner Literary Rights LLC v. Sony Pictures Classics Inc. is here! I am pleased to announce that legal scholar Maximus Kennedy has

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Considering Changing My Blog to “Pieces of Faulkner: Daily Quotes!”*

May 1, 2013 A.M.B.

UPDATE (7/19/13): U.S. District Judge Michael P. Mills has DISMISSED the Faulkner Estate’s lawsuit against Sony Pictures! This is very good news. The Faulkner Estate’s

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Faulkner’s Literary Estate “Works Hard” (at Staying in the Limelight?)

April 3, 2013 A.M.B.

With how often William Faulkner’s name comes up on social and mainstream media these days, you’d think he were still alive. I can’t seem to

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“Manners” for Authors: On Being Quoted (and an Update on the Faulkner Lawsuits)

December 10, 2012 A.M.B.

When we quote a literary ancestor or a contemporary writer, we often intend it as a compliment.  We found something worth noting or inspiring in

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When Someone Quotes You, Say “Thank You,” Not “F-You”*

November 13, 2012 A.M.B.

I am “guilty” of having quoted William Faulkner in a piece of commentary shortly before his estate filed two lawsuits alleging copyright and trademark infringement

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Anusha of Prospect Corner: An #OwnVoices Anne of Green Gables

A Legal Drama Inspired By Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice

A Novel Based on Jane Austen’s Persuasion & Real-Life Litigation

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