November 03, 2003

Copyrighting Hitler

I suspect everyone has already seen this, but since Andrew brought it to my attention again I have to post it:
At home with the Führer is the story of Simon Waldman's struggle to keep a copy of a 1938 Homes and Gardens magazine posted on his blog. Waldman had run across a gushing pictorial feature on Hitler's mountain home, a bit of an embarassment for the publisher's current incarnation. As a result, Waldman got into copyright infringement trouble and worse.
Seems to be resolved now. Waldman was just trying to raise awareness of the ambivalent (at best) understanding of Hitler abroad on the eve of the darkest period of German history.

If you don't want to read Waldman's account, have a look at the original feature from 1938, now hosted by the Guardian.

Posted by Heather at November 3, 2003 04:29 PM

Comments

And who says that style is not a political matter? Yikes.

Posted by: Libby at November 4, 2003 05:40 AM