We've had a few posts of the court case between Carol Shloss and the James Joyce estate (here and here.) The case involves fair use laws and a whether or not Shloss can use certain materials in her book about Lucia Joyce (James Joyce's mentally ill daughter). Lawrence Lessig and some others at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society are helping out with the case, and Lessig reports that Shloss has "passed an important hurdle." It'll be interesting to see if they can successfully argue that Stephen Joyce (Joyce's grandson) is misusing his copyright privileges.

For those teaching Lessig's Free Culture book, this case might provide interesting fodder for class discussion. The New Yorker piece (linked in jeremydean's post - see above) does a great job of setting up the stakes, players, and arguments of this controversy.