Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

That’s right, this world contains people so bereft of any conception of “intellectual property” that they will write and publish books like this. (h/t Catie)

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Grackle
Grackle
8 years ago

“kids and their parents go on a journey type tour which leads to life long morals. the owner of this tour through the chocolate factory is a witty and hilarious guy named Willy Wonka.”

Good grief.

Ericb
Ericb
8 years ago

$15 for 12 pages?!

David E. Manuel
David E. Manuel
8 years ago

In his defense, I think Eren Bailen was an Oompa Loompa before they cast him out for attempting to steal an everlasting gobstopper to sell to Mr. Slugworth.

John Yeo Jr.
8 years ago

I like how he gave himself 5 stars in his own Amazon listing. How, in any possible reality, did this not get flagged?!

katz
8 years ago

Fortunately, he’s also bereft of any conception of “image resolution.”

His other cover is even better, especially the book description.

Grackle
Grackle
8 years ago
Reply to  katz

…gobsmacked.

L-Plate Pen
L-Plate Pen
8 years ago

This had BETTER be some sort of social experiment to test the dumbassery of some people somewhere or I am officially giving up on humanity.

red
red
8 years ago

Amazing coincidences #n+1: The most recent trademark for “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” pertaining to books and printed matter was cancelled 12 days before the publication date of this book.

Posren: The movie still of young Mr. Bucket is Copyright (c) by Warner Bros., not Disney.

Naaman Brown
Naaman Brown
8 years ago
Reply to  red

Maybe the author made unwarranted assumptions on Trademarks on commercial use of Copyrighted literary works. Trademark and Copyright are separate. Lapse of the trademark protection does not change copyright status.

Google “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” copyright status

Roald Dahl “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” published 1964.
Copyright original 18 Sep 1964, effective 19 Oct 1992.
Copyright owners: Dahl’s estate (Felicity (wife), Tessa Chantal, Theo, Ophelia and Lucy).

A lot of the elements of the movie “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” were copyright Wolper Pictures, Quaker Oats, Warner Bros, 30 Jun 71, 17 Dec 1999.

It does appear to me the book and movie are under copyright and commercial and non-profit literary use (publication, play performance, etc.) require approval of the copyright holder.

If this is fan-fic, rules of the fan-fic universe include respect the copyright holders’ wishes and no commercial sales.

red
red
8 years ago
Reply to  Naaman Brown

Titles cannot be copyrighted, but can be trademarked.

Kathrite
Kathrite
8 years ago

From the “editorial review”:

“The book brings back nostalgic memories of Roald Dahl’s original story which captivates readers even now with its humor and adventure!”

I’m confused. Has Dahl’s original text vanished into antiquity? Or is there some other reason we can’t just go right to the source if we want our nostalgia fix?

Catie
Catie
8 years ago

To be fair, if you look at the back cover, he admits it’s an “adaptation” of the original work. So at least he’s not claiming he wrote it. As much as that’s worth.