Comments on: In Which Victor Hugo Is Apparently Offended https://booksquare.com/in-which-victor-hugo-is-apparently-offended/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&%23038;utm_campaign=in-which-victor-hugo-is-apparently-offended Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:13:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: ktwice https://booksquare.com/in-which-victor-hugo-is-apparently-offended/#comment-164576 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:13:19 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2007/01/31/2273/#comment-164576 Laura, merci! I’d hate for this type of case to actually prevail. I mean, there are serious breaches of rights, and, well, this strikes me as a breach of, hmm, I dunno. Someone’s ego isn’t tied to his self-esteem, if you know what I mean.

Susan??? Cynical much? I am shocked, shocked!

]]> By: Laura Vivanco https://booksquare.com/in-which-victor-hugo-is-apparently-offended/#comment-164491 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:58:19 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2007/01/31/2273/#comment-164491 The latest is that the lawsuit against Ceresa has failed:

A French court has ruled against the heirs of author Victor Hugo in their battle with the publishers of a sequel to his classic novel Les Miserables.

The decision overturns a lower court’s 2004 ruling that the Pion publishing company had breached the Hugo family’s “moral rights” by releasing the work. (from the BBC)

]]> By: SusanGable https://booksquare.com/in-which-victor-hugo-is-apparently-offended/#comment-164427 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:22:52 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2007/01/31/2273/#comment-164427 Unfortunately, it’s not just the publishing industry that’s littered with Stupid Lawsuits. (And why not just go ahead and create that category now?)

It’s the ka-ching of easy cash that drives it. See how quick any lawsuit would be filed without a money settlement. See if they’re willing to sue just for the right to stop this “henious crime” and keep great-great-whatever-grandpapa from rolling in his grave at the thought of one of his characters escaping the fate he’d written, and going on to something else.

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