[WikiEN-l] Public Domain in occupied Iraq

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steve v wrote:

>Theres a similar issue with Nazi-era
>photographs, etc. Does Germany claim Deutchland™ for
>anything Fuhrer™?
>  
>
This is actually not that different a situation, surprisingly. The 
current Bavarian state government claims copyright on Hitler's _Mein 
Kampf_, and uses that authority to prevent reprintings within Germany, 
except in specifically authorized/edited/commented historical research 
editions. However, this copyright is not generally recognized outside 
Germany. (For example, Sweden's supreme court ruled that Bavaria's 
copyright claims were spurious because the modern state of Bavaria is 
not the same legal entity as the pre-WW2 one; see [[en:Mein Kampf]] for 
details.)

-Mark

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