Kaczynski, the Unabomber, is arguing that the State’s selling his writings violates the exclusive right of distribution provided to him by copyright law. Secondarily, he argues that the copyright violation also triggers a free speech analysis. An interesting argument to be sure. More at Slate: Who owns the Unabomber’s writings? I would include the manifesto here, but it would violate someone’s copyright, and it is 35,000 words (100 pages in paperback form).
Filed under: Copyright, First Amendment
I am curious, in general, about who owns copyrights to things such as manifestos?
IE: who owns the comunist manifesto or the futurist manifesto?
are manifestos public domain?