Without Copyrights

The names of James Joyce and Ezra Pound ring out in the annals of literary modernism but few recognize the name of Samuel Roth. A brash business-savvy entrepreneur Roth made a name--and a profit--for himself as the founding editor and owner of magazines that published selections from foreign writings--especially the risque parts--without permission. When he reprinted segments of James Joyce's epochal novel Ulysses the author took him to court.