On Sat, 19 Apr 2003 11:58:24 -0700  writes:
> Hi all,
> 
> Here's a sticky wicket for the writing denizens ...(What's a wicket 
> anyway? Why

The three posts the bowler aims at and the batter protects.

> is it sticky? 

the team defending the wicket is cheating

> Is this a cricket term? 

yes

> [too much bubble gum on the 
> part of players?] 

no, it's making the wicket such that the bowler cannot knock it down,
which is the point, insomuch as I understand it.

> It is anything like a slider? 

no

as to your point -- I'd say your family, specifically your mother, has
full rights to your father's work, and at the very least, a release needs
to be signed by said before someone else can use it.
[BTW, nit: "The Great War" was WWI. It was also the "War to End All
Wars." Which just goes to show how patently short sighted war propaganda
can be.]

Anyway, before including laywers, quietly (e.g. in as neutral word choice
as possible) and succinctly spell out your issues and concerns to the CO
(ret). 
[Though it sounds like your mother was contacted re: his intent? Else how
do you know about this?]
Take a little time to do copyright law evaluation so you can site chapter
and verse. [And be certain that the statute of limitations/your copyright
as heirs hasn't run out. (Though it would be EXCEEDINGLY bad form for the
CO to publish against your wishes, and certainly wrong to claim your
father's work as his own.)]  As far as royalties and so on, odds are
there won't be much to want a share of -- a possible work around would be
to have any such donated to a worthy cause, so no one profits.

Insofar as, if required, a lawyer is called for, you need to find a
specialist in copy right law -- your average lawyer isn't any more versed
than the average person, which translates to shockingly little.

Good luck.


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