Copyfraud: Anne Frank Foundation claims father was "co-author," extends copyright by decades
by Cory Doctorow from on (#TJTR)
The Anne Frank Foundation -- a Swiss nonprofit that supports children's charities and provides a stipend to gentiles who hid Jews during WWII -- has claimed that Otto Frank, Anne Frank's father, is the legal co-author of her diaries, a move that will have the effect of extending copyright on the diaries to at least 2030. (more")