Comments on: Kensington Publishing Corporation v. Dooce, Part Two http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/14/kensington-publishing-corporation-v-dooce-part-two/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kensington publishers http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/14/kensington-publishing-corporation-v-dooce-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-438877 kensington publishers Sat, 03 May 2008 20:49:11 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/14/kensington-publishing-corporation-v-dooce-part-two/#comment-438877 [...] Publishing Corporation v. Dooce, Part Two???. Martin Neumann on October 14th, 2006 11:59 pm ...http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/14/kensington-publishing-corporation-v-dooce-part-two/Albert Ellis Books Published by Impact PublishersNew York: kensington Publishers. Ellis, A.1989 .Why [...] [...] Publishing Corporation v. Dooce, Part Two???. Martin Neumann on October 14th, 2006 11:59 pm …http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/14/kensington-publishing-corporation-v-dooce-part-two/Albert Ellis Books Published by Impact PublishersNew York: kensington Publishers. Ellis, A.1989 .Why [...]

]]> By: Martin Neumann http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/14/kensington-publishing-corporation-v-dooce-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-128121 Martin Neumann Sun, 15 Oct 2006 04:59:05 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/14/kensington-publishing-corporation-v-dooce-part-two/#comment-128121 Wow. I can't believe it has it gone this far. It was an oral agreement and anyone that knows a little bit about copyright should know how almost impossible this is to enforce and that everything in publishing and I mean EVERYthing is written down so as not to cause confusion. Me thinks that the publishers were pissed big time that she went somewhere else after losing confidence in them - and decided to drag her through the mud. Very spiteful seeing that it looks like they really hadn't gone very far with her: ie: no royalty payments ... And yes, it seems to have been $150,000 in royalties - broken down over time. Obviously there are 2 sides to this story, but for the publisher to drag this out says more about them than anything else. Notice the effect this has had on the blogger - she hinted about suicide as a option during this period. And to include such a personal outline of the blogger's history in the initial complaint just stinks for my liking. It smacks of plain spite. I also understand that writers and editors work very closely at times - they often build into a very strong team - so when the editor who brought her in left she felt there was not much backing and support from the publishers - as seen by the lengthy delay in getting a contract delivered to her. The documents are a useful insight into the workings of the publishing industry. Notice to bloggers and wannbe authors: research, be wary and seek advice. I love the technical and legal jargon used by Kengsington in their lawsuit: "Kensington will suffer irreparable harm etc" Irreparable! They've been in business for 32 years and have 7% of a big market an this will harm them!!! Yes, they have been harmed - because many will become wary of them if that's the way they treat such issues. Wow. I can’t believe it has it gone this far. It was an oral agreement and anyone that knows a little bit about copyright should know how almost impossible this is to enforce and that everything in publishing and I mean EVERYthing is written down so as not to cause confusion.

Me thinks that the publishers were pissed big time that she went somewhere else after losing confidence in them – and decided to drag her through the mud. Very spiteful seeing that it looks like they really hadn’t gone very far with her: ie: no royalty payments …

And yes, it seems to have been $150,000 in royalties – broken down over time.

Obviously there are 2 sides to this story, but for the publisher to drag this out says more about them than anything else.

Notice the effect this has had on the blogger – she hinted about suicide as a option during this period. And to include such a personal outline of the blogger’s history in the initial complaint just stinks for my liking. It smacks of plain spite.

I also understand that writers and editors work very closely at times – they often build into a very strong team – so when the editor who brought her in left she felt there was not much backing and support from the publishers – as seen by the lengthy delay in getting a contract delivered to her.

The documents are a useful insight into the workings of the publishing industry. Notice to bloggers and wannbe authors: research, be wary and seek advice.

I love the technical and legal jargon used by Kengsington in their lawsuit: “Kensington will suffer irreparable harm etc” Irreparable! They’ve been in business for 32 years and have 7% of a big market an this will harm them!!!

Yes, they have been harmed – because many will become wary of them if that’s the way they treat such issues.

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