Comments on: So Sue Me http://acrlog.org/2007/08/12/so-sue-me/ Blogging by and for academic and research librarians Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:17:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: hand me the remote « barbara fister’s place http://acrlog.org/2007/08/12/so-sue-me/comment-page-1/#comment-117970 hand me the remote « barbara fister’s place Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:54:47 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2007/08/12/so-sue-me/#comment-117970 [...] though he doesn’t raise it, there’s the chance books will morph. Not too long ago, a suit against a publisher in England (where the libel laws are very different than in the US, which is why people bring suit there even [...] [...] though he doesn’t raise it, there’s the chance books will morph. Not too long ago, a suit against a publisher in England (where the libel laws are very different than in the US, which is why people bring suit there even [...]

]]> By: So Sue Me, Round Two http://acrlog.org/2007/08/12/so-sue-me/comment-page-1/#comment-35055 So Sue Me, Round Two Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:10:59 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2007/08/12/so-sue-me/#comment-35055 [...] Robin Sinn: I think it's a great idea for academic libraries to celebrate Banned Books Week. It would make sense to... [...] [...] Robin Sinn: I think it’s a great idea for academic libraries to celebrate Banned Books Week. It would make sense to… [...]

]]> By: Robin Sinn http://acrlog.org/2007/08/12/so-sue-me/comment-page-1/#comment-35007 Robin Sinn Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:42:14 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2007/08/12/so-sue-me/#comment-35007 I think it's a great idea for academic libraries to celebrate Banned Books Week. It would make sense to pair up with the literature departments on campus, since most of these books tend to be literature. I think it’s a great idea for academic libraries to celebrate Banned Books Week. It would make sense to pair up with the literature departments on campus, since most of these books tend to be literature.

]]> By: Barbara Fister http://acrlog.org/2007/08/12/so-sue-me/comment-page-1/#comment-34845 Barbara Fister Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:04:33 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2007/08/12/so-sue-me/#comment-34845 As PW explains in the final paragraphs of the article, Houghton Mifflin bought US rights in 1933. It's not old enough to be public domain. During the war years, they lost the exclusive right when it was seized by the US government (war reparations?) HM got them back in 1979 and only donated the profits to appropriate charities when someone pointed out in an embarrassing 2000 <i>US News</i> report that they had net sales on <i>Mein Kampf</i> between $300,000 and $700,000 in the years 1979 through 2000. (Another tidbit: it was a Book of the Month Club selection in 1943.) So - short answer is Houghton Mifflin was making the money. Now they give it away. As PW explains in the final paragraphs of the article, Houghton Mifflin bought US rights in 1933. It’s not old enough to be public domain. During the war years, they lost the exclusive right when it was seized by the US government (war reparations?) HM got them back in 1979 and only donated the profits to appropriate charities when someone pointed out in an embarrassing 2000 US News report that they had net sales on Mein Kampf between $300,000 and $700,000 in the years 1979 through 2000. (Another tidbit: it was a Book of the Month Club selection in 1943.)

So – short answer is Houghton Mifflin was making the money. Now they give it away.

]]> By: Smatterings and Chatterings http://acrlog.org/2007/08/12/so-sue-me/comment-page-1/#comment-34844 Smatterings and Chatterings Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:33:17 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2007/08/12/so-sue-me/#comment-34844 [...] Posts Smatterings and ChatteringsComputing Wikipedia’s AuthorityCarnival Of The Fac-BlogoverseSo Sue MeACRLog Blogger Quoted InNYT Article [...] [...] Posts Smatterings and ChatteringsComputing Wikipedia’s AuthorityCarnival Of The Fac-BlogoverseSo Sue MeACRLog Blogger Quoted InNYT Article [...]

]]> By: Katy http://acrlog.org/2007/08/12/so-sue-me/comment-page-1/#comment-34843 Katy Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:29:02 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2007/08/12/so-sue-me/#comment-34843 I'm puzzled by the sentence about Mein Kampf. I assumed that the text was ready in the public domain. Who has been profitting from those words all these years? I’m puzzled by the sentence about Mein Kampf. I assumed that the text was ready in the public domain. Who has been profitting from those words all these years?

]]> By: anonymous http://acrlog.org/2007/08/12/so-sue-me/comment-page-1/#comment-34742 anonymous Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:42:47 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2007/08/12/so-sue-me/#comment-34742 I can't imagine that librarians would agree to such a decree. We are not in the business of banning books. I can’t imagine that librarians would agree to such a decree. We are not in the business of banning books.

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