Delirium wrote:
steve v wrote:
Theres a similar issue with Nazi-era photographs, etc. Does Germany claim Deutchland™ for anything Fuhrer™?
This is actually not that different a situation, surprisingly. The current Bavarian state government claims copyright on Hitler's _Mein Kampf_, and uses that authority to prevent reprintings within Germany, except in specifically authorized/edited/commented historical research editions. However, this copyright is not generally recognized outside Germany. (For example, Sweden's supreme court ruled that Bavaria's copyright claims were spurious because the modern state of Bavaria is not the same legal entity as the pre-WW2 one; see [[en:Mein Kampf]] for details.)
I've heard of that case. It determined that the book was still copyright protected, but did not recognize Bavaria as the owner.
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