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That didn't work, since he wrote the "if I did it" book much later and had had to give all the proceeds to the victim's family.

sidewndr46 4y ago
He didn't write that. From what I understand, the corporation just paid him to say he wrote it. He never actually had the rights to the book, because you can't hold copyright on something just by saying you wrote it. A bankruptcy judge later transferred the rights from the publisher to the Goldman family. Why I have no idea. But it isn't like it was "taken" from Mr. Simpson or he "had to give" the proceeds. He got his money from the publisher and later a bankruptcy judge decided the publisher could be parted with their income stream.
- coldtea 4y ago
  >He never actually had the rights to the book, because you can't hold copyright on something just by saying you wrote it. Obviously you can, if you negotiate it with the ghostwriter - who would just be your employee anyway or even be a team of writers, so all the copyrights can remain with you - same way Marvel has the copyright for stuff people wrote for them.
  - sidewndr46 4y ago
    So you think the publisher assigned copyright to a guy with a huge liability settlement against him just so he could immediately assign it back to them? Rather than the obvious "here sign this form that says we can publish a book about this and put your name on it"?
    - coldtea 4y ago
      I'm saying that the book could be his, or his agent's, initiative, not the publisher, and he might have even shopped around for publishers.
      - sidewndr46 4y ago
        Except the facts are well known. The ghost writer who was commissioned by the publisher has even talked about writing the book.
akiselev 4y ago
It did work but the GP is only sort of correct. OJ didn’t move to Florida to avoid repaying the debt, he did it to avoid losing his house. In Florida plaintiffs can’t seize a defendant’s primary residence or force its sale to pay a judgement.

sidewndr46 4y ago

He didn't write that. From what I understand, the corporation just paid him to say he wrote it. He never actually had the rights to the book, because you can't hold copyright on something just by saying you wrote it. A bankruptcy judge later transferred the rights from the publisher to the Goldman family. Why I have no idea. But it isn't like it was "taken" from Mr. Simpson or he "had to give" the proceeds. He got his money from the publisher and later a bankruptcy judge decided the publisher could be parted with their income stream.

coldtea 4y ago
>He never actually had the rights to the book, because you can't hold copyright on something just by saying you wrote it. Obviously you can, if you negotiate it with the ghostwriter - who would just be your employee anyway or even be a team of writers, so all the copyrights can remain with you - same way Marvel has the copyright for stuff people wrote for them.
- sidewndr46 4y ago
  So you think the publisher assigned copyright to a guy with a huge liability settlement against him just so he could immediately assign it back to them? Rather than the obvious "here sign this form that says we can publish a book about this and put your name on it"?
  - coldtea 4y ago
    I'm saying that the book could be his, or his agent's, initiative, not the publisher, and he might have even shopped around for publishers.
    - sidewndr46 4y ago
      Except the facts are well known. The ghost writer who was commissioned by the publisher has even talked about writing the book.

akiselev 4y ago

It did work but the GP is only sort of correct. OJ didn’t move to Florida to avoid repaying the debt, he did it to avoid losing his house. In Florida plaintiffs can’t seize a defendant’s primary residence or force its sale to pay a judgement.