Open Road Responds To HarperCollins Lawsuit
Last month HarperCollins filed a lawsuit against digital publisher Open Road after they announced plans to release an eBook edition of Julie of the Wolves claiming that they have the rights to the eBook.
Open Road signed a deal with Jean Craighead George, but HarperCollins claims a 1971 contract with George makes it theirs.
Today, Chris Davis, COO of Open Road, has responded to the case. He stated: “It appears to us that HarperCollins is trying to intimidate authors, overturn established law and grab rights that were not in existence when the contracts were signed many years ago.
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