http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2006/10/14/avoiding-the-ninth-circle-of-hell-litigation/ ...politics, pictures, pugs and all that jazz Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2006/10/14/avoiding-the-ninth-circle-of-hell-litigation/comment-page-1/#comment-26957 Trainwrecks wrecks, breaks links » odd time signatures Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:41:09 +0000 http://drumsnwhistles.com/2006/10/14/avoiding-the-ninth-circle-of-hell-litigation/#comment-26957 [...] The Dooce posts I wrote in October had links to the PDF files in the public record with regard to the Kensington publishers lawsuit that lived on the Trainwrecks.net website. [...] [...] The Dooce posts I wrote in October had links to the PDF files in the public record with regard to the Kensington publishers lawsuit that lived on the Trainwrecks.net website. [...]

]]> http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2006/10/14/avoiding-the-ninth-circle-of-hell-litigation/comment-page-1/#comment-19681 Little Judy Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:51:11 +0000 http://drumsnwhistles.com/2006/10/14/avoiding-the-ninth-circle-of-hell-litigation/#comment-19681 Your advice about bringing lawyers in on contract negotiations early doesn't just apply to authors. The same goes for record contracts for musicians. The road is littered with eager young artists getting screwed by the labels because whatever $$$s were dangled in front of them >soundedany Your advice about bringing lawyers in on contract negotiations early doesn’t just apply to authors. The same goes for record contracts for musicians. The road is littered with eager young artists getting screwed by the labels because whatever $$$s were dangled in front of them >soundedany

]]> http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2006/10/14/avoiding-the-ninth-circle-of-hell-litigation/comment-page-1/#comment-19348 Transcending Gender » Good luck to Dooce in New York this week! Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:14:08 +0000 http://drumsnwhistles.com/2006/10/14/avoiding-the-ninth-circle-of-hell-litigation/#comment-19348 [...] Blogger Karoli at Drums ‘n Whistles (check out the links provided there to supporting documents) agreed: “[I]t seems to me that the lawyers for Kensington Publishers were a little quick on the trigger finger.” Karoli also wrote: Don’t negotiate as an individual. This is probably the most important thing that Dooce could have done. If she had incorporated as an LLC she would have had a better chance of protecting herself from the possibility of losing her house. Given that she’s actually making income from her blog efforts and other writing, it’s worth spending the money to incorporate. The contract that ultimately results will be between the publisher and the company rather than the publisher and an individual. [...] [...] Blogger Karoli at Drums ‘n Whistles (check out the links provided there to supporting documents) agreed: “[I]t seems to me that the lawyers for Kensington Publishers were a little quick on the trigger finger.” Karoli also wrote: Don’t negotiate as an individual. This is probably the most important thing that Dooce could have done. If she had incorporated as an LLC she would have had a better chance of protecting herself from the possibility of losing her house. Given that she’s actually making income from her blog efforts and other writing, it’s worth spending the money to incorporate. The contract that ultimately results will be between the publisher and the company rather than the publisher and an individual. [...]

]]> http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2006/10/14/avoiding-the-ninth-circle-of-hell-litigation/comment-page-1/#comment-11320 Search, Stats and the Site: The Year in Review at odd time signatures Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:04:59 +0000 http://drumsnwhistles.com/2006/10/14/avoiding-the-ninth-circle-of-hell-litigation/#comment-11320 [...] Until last Sunday, the top search term for October was “kensington publishing dooce“. I enjoyed writing the posts on the Dooce lawsuit and am glad that they were interesting to others, too. I’d have been perfectly happy seeing October close with that term at the top. [...] [...] Until last Sunday, the top search term for October was “kensington publishing dooce“. I enjoyed writing the posts on the Dooce lawsuit and am glad that they were interesting to others, too. I’d have been perfectly happy seeing October close with that term at the top. [...]

]]> http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2006/10/14/avoiding-the-ninth-circle-of-hell-litigation/comment-page-1/#comment-8304 drumsnwhistles Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:25:41 +0000 http://drumsnwhistles.com/2006/10/14/avoiding-the-ninth-circle-of-hell-litigation/#comment-8304 Thanks, Susan. I hope it helps! Thanks, Susan. I hope it helps!

]]> http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2006/10/14/avoiding-the-ninth-circle-of-hell-litigation/comment-page-1/#comment-8267 Susan Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:05:28 +0000 http://drumsnwhistles.com/2006/10/14/avoiding-the-ninth-circle-of-hell-litigation/#comment-8267 An interesting and well-considered post. Thanks for the good ideas, especially about incorporating. An interesting and well-considered post. Thanks for the good ideas, especially about incorporating.

]]> http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2006/10/14/avoiding-the-ninth-circle-of-hell-litigation/comment-page-1/#comment-8115 Kensington Publishing Corporation v. Dooce, Part Two at The Blog Herald Sat, 14 Oct 2006 21:26:46 +0000 http://drumsnwhistles.com/2006/10/14/avoiding-the-ninth-circle-of-hell-litigation/#comment-8115 [...] Blogging Oct 14 at 4:31 pm by Matt Craven -Drums n’ Whistles has the other documents from this case. [...] [...] Blogging Oct 14 at 4:31 pm by Matt Craven -Drums n’ Whistles has the other documents from this case. [...]

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