Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, Gerry, I have just checked with "my wife the lawyer" who points out that if a bill, whether for royalties or anything else remains unpaid then the person who is owed becomes a creditor like any other, although there may be an order in which you sit in the list of creditors, eg you may rank as a "preferred" creditor depending. She says that you should get in touch with the receivers immediately and inform them of your claim. Who the receivers are is a matter of public record and it should be fairly straightforward to find out who they are and get in contact with them. Peter Dzwig Gerry Walden wrote: > I thought under English law that if the bill had not been paid the > goods remain the property of the vendor in cases of bankruptcy, but I > am no expert. However I have a brother-in-law who is and if I can help > let me know off-list and I will do what I can to pick his brains. > > Gerry > > On 24/09/2007, Don Dory <don.dory@gmail.com> wrote: >> Steve, >> Hove is an English company and I don't believe that Marc is licensed >> to practice law in England. Additionally, the company in question has >> gone througth bankruptcy so owns the books without having to >> compensate the creative talent. Different countries, different legal >> arrangements. >> >> On 9/24/07, Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote: >>> On Sep 23, 2007, at 10:36 PM, Marc James Small wrote: >>> >>>> At 12:26 AM 9/24/2007, G Hopkinson wrote: >>>> >>>>> For example the 50 1.4 >>>>> asph. I hope that some agency does pick up the Hove titles as >>>>> there is a wealth of Leica content in them > >>>> There are several on the LUG who were royally cheated by Hove. I >>>> hope that some agency drives the folks who continue producing my >>>> works without paying me to actually pay me what I am owed, as small >>>> as it is. >>> hi Marc, I thought you were a lawyer... >>> >>> >>> why are you bringing it here? >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> >>> >>>> Pardon me. I was cheated out of around $US 3,009 or more: I >>>> probably will never know the entire amount as British Bankruptcy >>>> Law prevents me from learning the sales. And they GO ON selling my >>>> book without trying to account for it to me or to my co-author? >>>> >>>> Hove and its successor are Evil, Evil, Evil. An offer of five >>>> cents on the dollar would have been interesting. Instead, they >>>> filed bankruptcy and have gone on selling books without any regard >>>> for royalties! >>>> >>>> These people are thieves and those with a regard for decency ought >>>> to cut them, dead. >>>> >>>> Marc >>>> >>>> >>>> msmall@aya.yale.edu >>>> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> -- >> Don >> don.dory@gmail.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >