Article: Stanford professor sues James Joyce's estate for right to quote works

LISA LEFF, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
06-12-2006
Dateline: SAN FRANCISCO
A Stanford University professor on Monday sued James Joyce's estate for refusing to give her permission to use copyrighted material about the "Ulysses" author and his daughter on her scholarly Web site.

In the federal court lawsuit filed here, Carol Shloss, an acting English professor and Joycean scholar, challenged the estate's assertion that she would be infringing on its ownership of Joyce's image by quoting his published works, manuscripts and private letters on her site.

Instead, Shloss accused Joyce's grandson, Stephen James Joyce, and estate trustee, Sean Sweeney, of destroying papers, improperly ...

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