Showing posts with label literary agent Samuel Pinkus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label literary agent Samuel Pinkus. Show all posts

Friday, September 6, 2013

‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ author settles copyright theft case; New York Daily News, 9/6/13

Dareh Gregorian, New York Daily News; ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ author settles copyright theft case: "The author of "To Kill a Mockingbird" has made peace with the literary agent who allegedly ripped her off. Harper Lee, 87, is dropping her big bucks lawsuit against her former agent Samuel Pinkus and others she'd charged had conned her out of the copyright to her novel, widely considered one of the greatest in American history."

Friday, May 17, 2013

Harper Lee Sues Agent Over Copyright on ‘Mockingbird’; New York Times, 5/6/13

Julie Bosman, New York Times; Harper Lee Sues Agent Over Copyright on ‘Mockingbird’ : "According to the complaint, filed in federal court in New York, Mr. Pinkus “engaged in a scheme to dupe Harper Lee, then 80 years old with declining hearing and eyesight,” into assigning the book’s copyright to his company."