Buying Mein Kampf via the Net

fogstorm fogstorm at mac.com
Sat Dec 2 20:24:38 PST 2000


danny at staff.cs.usyd.edu.au wrote:

> > Actually, the *US* copyright was siezed by the US government at the
> > beginning of the war and not returned to Germany until the last decade or
> > so.  So there are plenty of US copies that would remain legal.  
>  
> In Australia at least, I think Mein Kampf is now out of copyright (it's
> still 50 years from death of author here).
> 
> Danny.

So if an Australian puts it on his web site can the German government sue for
copyright infringement? Can they prosecute for violation of their anti Nazi
laws? If a German citizen views it in Amsterdam can his government prosecute
when he returns home?





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