A Moral Defense for Copyright Breach?

April 21st, 2015 by Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento

Random House’s legal argument questions the ownership of the copyright by Goebbels’ estate. Hitler’s publisher had intended to publish the diaries posthumously, but the offices were destroyed by Allied bombing raids and no record exists of these plans. However, based on evidence within the diaries, Dresen argues the Bavarian government should own the copyright.

The case will be heard in the UK on Thursday.