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 I hope no one minds my sharing a wank this outdated; I thought those who follow Anne Rice wanks would be interested, and so far as I can tell this has only ever been reported in lawyer publications.

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	perletwo 2011-06-06 04:44 am UTC (link)
	....aaaaaand now I want FOX to make a show about him. And have Hugh Laurie star in it. :D (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	scifantasy 2011-06-06 04:54 am UTC (link)
	I'd pay money to see the porn stash (link is SFW, it's an LA Times story) episode. You couldn't invent a character like Kozinski. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perletwo 2011-06-06 04:59 am UTC (link)
	"Ain't nothin' here. Y'all best be movin' on, compadre." Beautiful. Just freakin' beautiful. It'd be a heckuva lot better than that thing on last season where Jimmy Smits tried to be a wacky judge/lawyer type. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	octavia 2011-06-06 11:23 am UTC (link)
	In sum, Konigsberg, Sanitsky and Rice did lunch, not contracts. Quote-worthiest judge ever. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	theelusiven 2011-06-06 09:49 pm UTC (link)
	He's also a prolific reviewer on IMDb. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	octavia 2011-06-07 01:25 pm UTC (link)
	And an Ayn Rand fan, apparently, considering his love for the movie that by all accounts sucked. Bit less awesome, but you can't win 'em all. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	pepperjackcandy 2011-06-08 12:54 am UTC (link)
	The Randroidiness is kind of offputting, but a lot of the other things in those reviews resonated with me, particularly his attitudes toward "Signs" and Jack Nicholson. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	the_mouse 2011-06-08 09:32 pm UTC (link)
	Sadly, it seems that he disliked Serenity. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rikiki 2011-06-07 04:17 am UTC (link)
	It would have to have a Rule 34 joke. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	scifantasy 2011-06-07 04:19 am UTC (link)
	...thank you for that webcomic. grin (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tehrin 2011-06-06 07:49 am UTC (link)
	I thought exactly this. The Honorable Judge House, presiding. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	cmdr_zoom 2011-06-06 09:58 am UTC (link)
	isn't that, like, every David E. Kelly show and/or judge? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	solle 2011-06-07 07:33 am UTC (link)
	Forget FOX. I want him on VH1! (Reply to this)(Parent)

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