sorry URL didn't work. Either Time or Newsweek had a 2 page article on this a year or two ago. In the US @ was vested in the US property custodian, then returned to the German Government after the occupation ended. The German publishing houses were still collecting royalties, but then agreed after publicity to turn them over to the holocaust fund I believe. However the English translation published in 1936 , which is not from the original German version has been floating around on the Web and may be PD in Australia. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Branko Collin" <collin@xs4all.nl> To: <Gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [gutvol-d] Attempt to add: Flight From The City
From: "Branko Collin" <collin@xs4all.nl>
I am afraid that is not really relevant. However, if the heirs want to submit the book for PG, that should be possible.
A couple of months ago, I did a little digging out of curiousity to find out who owned the copyright to Mein Kampf. Apparently it's the Austrian Government,who refuse to allow it to be published in Austria, but otherwise have no interest in it. But it's definitely still copyright by either US or life+70 countries' standards.
Rik Lambers' Constitional Code blog had some discussion on this topic (I should know :-)) at <http://constitutionalcode.blogspot.com/2005/04/mein-kampf- copyright.html>.
From what I understand, the German state of Bavaria seized the assets of Adolf Hitler after his death, including the copyright to Mein Kampf, and has been asserting its copyrigth aggressively since then.
In Life+50 countries (i.e. most of the globe), Mein Kampf should be public domain since 1996, but not in the US or the EU.
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