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Assange received an advance for this book which he has declined to repay. He could hand the money back and then have a morally defensible position with regard t
by epo 15y ago
Assange received an advance for this book which he has declined to repay. He could hand the money back and then have a morally defensible position with regard to it's publication. As it is the publishers are entitled to recoup their investment and Assange is a whining hypocrite.
EDIT publisher's side of it here http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/sep/22/julian-assange-unauthorised-autobiography-wikileaks-canongate http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/sep/22/julian-a...
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- Estragon 15y agoIt's more complicated than that. The advance was paid direct into my former solicitors’ (FSI) bank account wholly without my consent. The money sits unspent in an FSI client account. FSI has refused to release the money to Canongate as a result of a legal fees dispute (FSI initially agreed to handle my extradition case “pro-bono”, or without fee). The FSI fees have been audited by an independent costs draftsman. The audit shows extreme over-charging. The outcome of this dispute is pending, but a favourable finding would release the entire advance, which has not been touched, back to Canongate and Knopf.