The Kenya situation might cancel these ideas BUT check with 2 local copyright/IP (intellectual property) lawyers Leah Kunkel - Northampton Paul C. Rapp, Esq. - Kingston, NY - he's actually in the Berkshires. I believe one of these will probably have ideas as to references To be clear, I believe that copyright owned without filing is an international convention -- can't sure without filing however. Good Luck - Rich On 3/16/2022 2:48 PM, Deborah Chandler via Hidden-discuss wrote: > Hi folks, > > A friend has written several grade school French language textbooks > and is marketing them himself. He printed hard copies with a small > publisher. Now, he just discovered yesterday that the publisher has > put them up for sale on Amazon, as Kindle editions, not hard copies, > but this is without any notification to my friend. My friend needs to > take legal action. I am suggesting perhaps a Cease and Desist letter. > He does not have a written contract with the publisher, it was a > gentleman's agreement with someone he has known for many years. It is > really unfortunate that the publisher could not be trusted. > > Does anyone have experience with this type of situation? To make this > even more complex, this is happening in Kenya. My friend is Congolese, > and someone I have known for ten years; he is trustworthy. I have been > helping him with design and copy editing on these books, and know the > project first-hand, and know it is a labor of love and is how he is > supporting himself. However, I have no jurisdiction in taking any > action in this situation myself personally. And sadly, my friend does > not have funds for hiring an attorney. He has asked me to try to help > him figure out a solution. And for sure, Kenya has different laws and > legal strategies than here in the US. > > I will be grateful for any and all feedback and advice you can provide, > Deb > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page:http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members -- Rich Roth CEO TnR Global Bio and personal blog:http://rizbang.com Building the really big sites:http://www.tnrglobal.com Small/Soho business in the PV:http://www.hidden-tech.net Places to meet for business:http://www.meetmewhere.com And for Arts and relaxation: http://TarotMuertos.com - Artistic Tarot Deck http://www.welovemuseums.com http://www.artonmytv.com/ Shakers:http://www.shakerpedia.com/ Helping move the world:http://www.earththrives.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20220316/bb5c6336/attachment.html> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: rich.vcf Type: text/vcard Size: 4 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20220316/bb5c6336/attachment.bin>