[Coco] Lonnie Falk died June 9, 2006

[Arthur Flexser]

And, come to think of it, wouldn't the copyright holder, and therefore the other
party to the agreement, be Falsoft, not Lonnie personally?  In which case,
Lonnie's death would certainly not invalidate the contract.

Art


On Sun, 23 Jul 2006, Arthur Flexser wrote:

> > Michael Wayne Harwood <michael at musicheadproductions.org> wrote:
> 
> > I am thinking of sending an email to the current mayor to ask if he might be
> > able to direct me to the attorney (if any) that is handling the estate. Does
> > anyone know for a fact how a contract is handled in the event that one of
> > the parties passes away? I assume that the copyright to the Rainbow has
> > passed to one or more heirs and I will need to establish an agreement with
> > them.
> 
> I wouldn't assume that, though I'm not a lawyer.  Seems to me that as long as
> you fulfill your end of the contract (i.e., pay the required fees to the
> estate), the estate would have no grounds to void the agreement unless there is
> something in the contract that provides for it.  Otherwise, weird things could
> happen:  suppose a studio pays me a million dollars for the movie rights to my
> book, and the next day I die.  Does that mean they're screwed out of a million
> bucks?
> 
> Art
> 
> 
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