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Actually, her heirs are the ones milking the system. They own the copyright and could put it in the public domain if they wanted. They've formed a foundation wh
by Nutmog 11y ago
Actually, her heirs are the ones milking the system. They own the copyright and could put it in the public domain if they wanted. They've formed a foundation who's job is to monetize her works.
- chris_wot 11y agoI'm as appalled as the next man by this ridiculous copyright situation, but they could also be trying to ensure that nobody can modify the work in a way that would be disrespectful to the memory of Anne Frank. That's a real concern, given that there are a lot of Neo-Nazis in the world.
- lbarrett 11y agoBut satire is covered by fair use, right? So I think the neo-Nazis aren't hampered by the copyright.
- chris_wot 11y agoYeah, fair point.
- Kristine1975 11y agoI doubt neo-nazis care about the copyright of a book written by "a dirty Jew."
- chris_wot 11y agoYeah, but the copyright holder wouldn't necessarily be happy with a commercial enterprise that adapted the work as Neo-Nazi propaganda. I'm just saying that the motivation around holding copyright might not only be monetary.