TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD WRITER HARPER LEE IN LEGAL DISPUTE WITH AGENT OV

[hh5]

 

... a recent bump in the road has brought her name back into the news. She’s suing her agent over the rights to her famous work, rights she says were stolen using trickery.

 

Lee filed the lawsuit in Manhattan federal court yesterday. According to Reuters, the suit names “Samuel Pinkus, the son-in-law of Lee’s long-time agent, Eugene Winick, who had represented her for more than 40 years. When Winick became ill in 2002, Pinkus diverted several of Winick’s clients to his own company, the lawsuit said.”

 

Published in 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird celebrated a big milestone just a few years ago, which also factors in says Reuters. “Pinkus in recent years has not provided royalty statements to explain money earned by the book, the lawsuit said. The lawsuit also alleged Pinkus failed to respond to offers by publisher HarperCollins to discuss licensing e-book rights and did not respond to the publisher’s request for assistance related to the 50th anniversary of the publishing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Zombie]

Er ... well this is a contractual dispute, possible fraud ... or both

Edited May 6, 2013 by Zombie