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« on: January 10, 2015, 01:12:47 PM »

Currently Mein Kampf's copyright is held by the state of Bavaria, but 2015 is the last year it'll be valid, it'll expire at the end of the year as it's now 70 years since the death of the author. Currently it can not be published in Germany or basically the whole EU due to the copyright holder prohibiting it, but that'll be moot when it enters public domain.

I can see Germany specifically banning it under statute, but what would other countries do? Personally I'd rather just see it go public domain and be freely distributed, since it'll be telling seeing who picks it up and goes crazy over it (I can see Golden Dawn distributing it, and no doubt in Germany parties like the NPD would like to as well.)
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I spent the winter writing songs about getting better
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« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2015, 12:37:42 PM »

Mein Kamp might be worse written than Twilight.
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I spent the winter writing songs about getting better
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« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2015, 11:17:36 AM »
« Edited: January 17, 2015, 11:20:34 AM by incredibly specific types of post-punk music »

What's the copyright status in Denmark? I know in the US the copyright was seized by the federal government along with all German copyrights during the war and eventually sold it to a private entity.

Article doesn't mention Denmark but it does mention a lawsuit from Bavaria to halt production in Sweden was rejected so the status may not apply to everywhere.
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