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A vintage Anne Rice wank I've wanted to share for years
But I had lost the information.

15 years ago I worked as a proofreader for a legal publisher. During that time, I came across a 1994 appellate case involving Anne Rice. I printed it out and saved it for years, because I was and am a fan of her novels, but I thought that it had gotten thrown away during one of my moves. Which was a shame, because I wished I could share it on f_w.

Yesterday I was going through a box of old stuff and found out I still had the opening page. I put the info into Google and found the case!

KONIGSBERG INTL. INC.; the Sanitsky Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants,

Anne RICE, Defendant-Appellee (Two Cases).

That might well have been the end of the story, but for the fact that Rice thereafter tried to vindicate her position by writing a somewhat indignant letter to K & S's lawyer.... Not only did this letter fail to shame K & S into contrition, it gave them what they thought was the missing link to their argument--a writing signed by the author. Armed with this new evidence, K & S brought a Rule 60(b) motion and a request for leave to amend their complaint, claiming that they now had a writing sufficient to satisfy section 204 of the Copyright Act."

That is, her long-standing habit of writing angry letters to people gave them an excuse to drag her back into court.

There's a tiny bit more info about it here. Also, it seems that in '97, James Cameron was trying to make a movie of The Mummy.

And that is all I could find about this case. I hope no one minds my sharing a wank this outdated; I thought those who follow Anne Rice wanks would be interested, and so far as I can tell this has only ever been reported in lawyer publications.

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	kylenne 2011-06-05 11:59 pm UTC (link)
	James Cameron's The Mummy would have been the most gloriously awful thing ever. I am genuinely sad the world's been denied that Rifftrax. I am equally sad that the world's been denied the wanky full page ad Anne would have taken out trashing whomever being cast as Ramses. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	peonypavilion 2011-06-06 04:03 pm UTC (link)
	She wanted Arnold Schwarzenegger. (Interview with her from 1993, published in early 1994. Scroll down the page to find the relevant quote.) I'm sure Cameron would have been up for that. The gloriousness of the awfulness we have been denied is epic. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brennalarose 2011-06-06 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	My God, I think I would have paid good money to see something that dreadful. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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