Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sep 24, 2007, at 1:38 PM, Peter Dzwig wrote: > 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. ohhh...that may be helpful, Steve > > 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 >>> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information