Re: how to sell and get a fair price

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Nick FitzGerald
<nick () virus-l demon co uk> wrote:
> Jeffrey Walton wrote:
>
> > Sometimes the publisher cannot protect the identity of an anonymous
> > author.  ...
>
> That may be true -- I don't know...
>
> > ...  The real Rex Feral was dragged into court.
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_Man:_A_Technical_Manual_for_Independent_Contractors
>
> ...but that claim is not supported by your reference.
>
> The Wikipedia article simply does not address whether the pseudonymous
> author's real identity was exposed in the legal preceedings or not.
> Note that the case was "Rice v Paladin Enterprises" and the legal claim
> was that Paladin (the _publishers_) aided and abetted a murder.
Oh, my bad. That was the book which caused the subsequent court
actions, and not a normative reference to loss of anonymity.

> Presumably (again, IANAL) they could have brought a similar suit
> against the author, but saw the publisher as having deeper pockets (and
> perhaps reasonably assumed, or even knew, that the publisher would have
> extensive commercial insurance to cover any damages ruling they may
> receive if their case prevailed).

I seem to recall two or three things from the Montgomery County
murders (its a county close to where I live, so I watched the American
Justice episode).

The publisher indemnified the author. The publisher was not able to
retain anonymity for Rex Feral. In fact, I seem to recall an excerpt
of the court proceedings with the lady on the stand.

Jeff

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