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> Anne's dad re-arranged and censored some parts of it and wrote an introduction. Right, that's what they had said, but now they seem to be saying that that's
by Alex3917 11y ago
> Anne's dad re-arranged and censored some parts of it and wrote an introduction.
Right, that's what they had said, but now they seem to be saying that that's no longer true. To quote the NYT article:
"But now the Swiss foundation that holds the copyright to 'The Diary of Anne Frank' is alerting publishers that her father is not only the editor but also legally the co-author of the celebrated book. [...] 'If you follow their arguments, it means that they have lied for years about the fact that it was only written by Anne Frank.'"
It would make sense that the father might have some claim to a copyright on the version he edited, but it looks like they are saying that he was the co-author on the supposedly unedited version also.
- jacquesm 11y agoTheir arguments - both past and present - are inconsistent and I'd be more than happy to contribute to a lawsuit testing that assumption. This really should not fly, it makes me very upset.
- Alex3917 11y agoThis reminds me of the lawsuit a few years ago where Scientologists tried to sue some folks for publishing their internal documents online, and the folks publishing them said that Scientology didn't own the copyrights since both the documents and the 'church' claimed they were written by Xenu.
- jacquesm 11y agoThat was right here in Amsterdam. Karin Spaink and xs4all vs Scientology. She's one of my heroes. The case you refer to is 'the Fishman affidavits'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Spaink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Spaink We were at VOLMAC in the same year, but I highly doubt she would remember that. http://kspaink.home.xs4all.nl/fishman/home.html http://kspaink.home.xs4all.nl/fishman/home.html Talk about abuse of copyright, that was one of the worst ever.
- crucini 11y agoAs Elie Wiesel, another distinguished Holocaust author, put it: Some events do take place but are not true; others are – although they never occurred. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_(book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_(book) (I'm not sure if Otto Frank's co-authorship falls into the first or second category.)