# Goldman family buys O.J. book rights **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 3, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldman-family-buys-o-j-book-rights/410435 "2007-07-03T23:33:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guy\_Betty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Guy\_Betty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Betty)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldman-family-buys-o-j-book-rights/410435/1 "2007-07-03T23:33:17Z")
Goldman family buys O.J. book rights. I like these parts: "_The Goldmans own the copyright, media rights and movie rights. They also acquired Simpson’s name, likeness, life story and right of publicity in connection with the book, according to court documents."_ "_The Goldmans want to rename the book “Confessions of a Double Murderer” and plan to shop it around, Cook said."_ [Link here.](http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=267703>1=7703) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2007, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldman-family-buys-o-j-book-rights/410435/2 "2007-07-03T23:37:29Z")
[Nelson Muntz] Ha-ha![/NM] ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldman-family-buys-o-j-book-rights/410435/3 "2007-07-04T00:21:43Z")
Nailed it in one. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldman-family-buys-o-j-book-rights/410435/4 "2007-07-04T00:34:32Z")
Who did they buy it from? Please, say it ain’t so… ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldman-family-buys-o-j-book-rights/410435/5 "2007-07-04T00:39:24Z")
You’ve gotta think that the story wouldn’t be very fair and balanced coming from the Goldman camp. It could end up being interesting, though. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldman-family-buys-o-j-book-rights/410435/6 "2007-07-04T00:43:48Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] You’ve gotta think that the story wouldn’t be very fair and balanced coming from the Goldman camp. It could end up being interesting, though. [/QUOTE] Yeah, they’ve been hounding and victimizing poor OJ ever since their daughter killed herself in that celery chopping tragedy. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldman-family-buys-o-j-book-rights/410435/7 "2007-07-04T00:52:32Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] Yeah, they’ve been hounding and victimizing poor OJ ever since their daughter killed herself in that celery chopping tragedy. [/QUOTE] She ran into the knife. Oh, you don’t almost run into knives? I bet you’re just perfect! Listen, I don’t agree with the verdict, but he was found innocent. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldman-family-buys-o-j-book-rights/410435/8 "2007-07-04T00:56:19Z")
Yeah, and he lost a multi-million dollar civil suit. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldman-family-buys-o-j-book-rights/410435/9 "2007-07-04T01:30:56Z")
And I didn’t know Ronald Goldman was a girl… (Speaking of which, I wonder what the Brown family is doing, in terms of actions like this? You mostly seem to hear from the Goldmans, which is understandable, considering their _ahem_ SON was basically an innocent bystander at the wrong place at the wrong time…) ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldman-family-buys-o-j-book-rights/410435/10 "2007-07-04T03:21:54Z")
I don’t quite get it. So they’re going to _sell_ the same book now that they fought so hard to get cancelled? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldman-family-buys-o-j-book-rights/410435/11 "2007-07-04T03:30:24Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] She ran into the knife. Oh, you don’t almost run into knives? I bet you’re just perfect! Listen, I don’t agree with the verdict, but he was found innocent. [/QUOTE] No he wasn’t. That isn’t the way the justice system works. He was found Not Guilty which means the prosection didn’t prove its case well enough. Different things. Different ideas. He was found responsible in a later Civil trial so you have to be careful with your terms. Careless terms can end up with a person being both innocent and guilty based on the trials and that is a mind-screw. ---
**Author:** ![brickbacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldman-family-buys-o-j-book-rights/410435/12 "2007-07-04T05:59:13Z")
[QUOTE=Rigamarole] I don’t quite get it. So they’re going to _sell_ the same book now that they fought so hard to get cancelled? [/QUOTE] As much as I feel for the Goldman family, it can’t be healthy to harbor such animosity all the time. Publishing the book will do nothing to punish OJ, nor will it bring back their son. ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldman-family-buys-o-j-book-rights/410435/13 "2007-07-04T06:32:27Z")
The lying scumbag O.J. was trying to flaunt what he did and enrich himself at the same time. I think it’s poetic justice that his own words will not only help to villify him, but enrich the family of one of his victims. Kharma at work. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldman-family-buys-o-j-book-rights/410435/14 "2007-07-04T11:32:11Z")
[QUOTE=Guy Betty] "_The Goldmans want to rename the book “Confessions of a Double Murderer” and plan to shop it around, Cook said."_ [Link here.](http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=267703>1=7703) [/QUOTE] Can they get away with that? OJ was found not guilty. Wouldn’t it be considered slander/libel to publish the book under that title? ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldman-family-buys-o-j-book-rights/410435/15 "2007-07-04T14:05:47Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Can they get away with that? OJ was found not guilty. Wouldn’t it be considered slander/libel to publish the book under that title? [/QUOTE] He was also found legally responsible for the deaths. That pretty much means that the courts have ruled that he’s a killer. I imagine that calling him a “murderer” is okay especially if connected to his own words. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldman-family-buys-o-j-book-rights/410435/16 "2007-07-04T14:07:24Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Can they get away with that? OJ was found not guilty. Wouldn’t it be considered slander/libel to publish the book under that title? [/QUOTE] Since OJ wrote it, I don’t see how he could sue someone for publishing it, and particularly since it’s “fiction”. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldman-family-buys-o-j-book-rights/410435/17 "2007-07-04T14:08:46Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Can they get away with that? OJ was found not guilty. Wouldn’t it be considered slander/libel to publish the book under that title? [/QUOTE] If they own it, and change the names to protect the Not Guilty, it’ll fly (I’m guessing). The title change changes the whole context. I think it’s a clever idea. It’s kind of like that optical illusion picture; do you see a beautiful young woman or an old hag? Will they actually do it? Who knows…but to turn the tables on him at his own game…I kinda like it. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldman-family-buys-o-j-book-rights/410435/18 "2007-07-04T14:21:09Z")
Hey, he could always sue them for libel for calling him a “double murderer”. Of course, where would he get the money for his attornies ??? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldman-family-buys-o-j-book-rights/410435/19 "2007-07-04T14:31:49Z")
[QUOTE=Cartooniverse] Hey, he could always sue them for libel for calling him a “double murderer”. Of course, where would he get the money for his attornies ??? 🙂 [/QUOTE] Write another book? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldman-family-buys-o-j-book-rights/410435/20 "2007-07-04T14:41:52Z")
The thing that blows my mind is that he has so many friends! I mean, I had no idea that _that_ many people could believe he didn’t do it. Lame prosecution issues aside, I am convinced he did it. How can so many people NOT see it that way? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldman-family-buys-o-j-book-rights/410435.md?page=2)