Unauthorized James Bond

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A Toronto publisher has taken advantage of out-dated Canadian copyright laws, and published a book of various James Bond stories. The characters from Ian Flemings original novels are the same, but written from a completely different perspective.

Ian Fleming’s last James Bond story, Octopussy & the living daylights, was published back in 1966. 2 years after he died. In most countries, including the U.S., an authors work is copyrighted until 70 years after their death, but not in Canada.

“Because copyrights expired for Ian Flemings works in Canada, here in Canada it’s death plus 50 years so we were able to get those rights and use them without any legal harangue.” Sandra Kasturi owns Chizine publications and she’s publishing a new book of James Bond stories called “Licence Expired – The Unauthorized James Bond.”

The book comes out on Tuesday, and we’re told it will be nothing like the movies,  it will give James Bond fans a completely different look at their favouite spy.

“It’s James Bond from a very different perspective, not one that people who like the movies will recognize, because it talks about James Bond the way Fleming wrote him. Someone who didn’t just make funny puns about sex, but had a really misogynistic streak to him.” said David Nickle.

The publisher asked for input from the Fleming family, but didn’t hear back. For legal reasons, the book wont have any stories that mirror actual Bond movies. It will be available in countries where the copyright has expired, like Canada, New Zealand, and China, but won’t be available in the U.S. or Europe.