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Jorge Luis Borges and the Labyrinths of Copyright

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Just made an account to comment on this. Maria Kodama was a witch. She ended publication of the English translations which Borges collaborated with Di Giovanni on because she didn't like the 50-50 royalties agreement, which Borges had wanted. When Di Giovanni posted his translations to his personal website (gratis) after they were no longer in print, she threatened to sue. Now we all have to look around for old editions or settle for a new translation without Borges' blessing or input because she wanted more money.

Honestly they should nullify the marriage, take all the shit she got from him and put it in a museum or trust. She was the worst thing to happen to his literary legacy.

Wait she was a witch??

    Kodama was the daughter of an Argentine mother of Swiss-German, English and Spanish descent and a Japanese father.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Kodama

Tsukimono-suji or Japanese hereditary fox witch apparently.

Or not. YMMV.

Either way, an interesting biography to read.

I think that's a Pokemon.

In spanish we say "bruja" (witch), as something similar to bitch.

Aside from everything else she's dead so I don't see the point of nullifying the marriage now?

Having read the Di Giovanni translations, I find them inferior to the Irby/Yates ones. Hurley is the worst.

> his personal website

https://web.archive.org/web/20090423055229/http://www.digiov...

Dying at age 86 and deliberately refusing to make a will is really the cherry on the cake.

https://archive.ph/dG278

Not my favorite article, but here's a link if you were curious like I was.

a propos Borges and copyright also this

Pablo Katchadjian was charged with plagiarism, although most experts agree that he did not

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/10/jorge-luis-bor...

Argentinean court however found him guilty, probably they have stricter Intellectual property views as to the rights of creators than American however.

https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/literature/borges-ship-unju...

Note: AR$80.000 in 2016 were approximately US$5.000.

It looks like he was guilty of copyright infringement, no plagiarism. The US$5.000 looks too much for an indie edition of 200 copies. Anyway, I'd not try to make an extended version inserting scenes in a Disney movie and then claim it's fair use.

https://archive.is/dG278

Article doesn’t seem to quite understand what “works for hire” are.

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