German court orders Random House to pay relatives of former top Nazi

July 14th, 2015 by Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento

Joseph Goebbels in 1932. Joseph Goebbels in 1932. German Federal Archives via Wikimedia.

Joseph Goebbels in 1932.

Joseph Goebbels in 1932. German Federal Archives via Wikimedia.

The diary of Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler’s minister of propaganda, is a unique look inside the Nazi war machine. It’s also copyrighted, and a German court ruled on Thursday that his estate must be paid royalties by Random House, which published a 2010 biography using parts of the diary.

Via ArsTechnica.

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