(AP) The German court
ruled Wednesday that the state of Bavaria
cannot use copyright law to prevent a new publication from reprinting
newspapers produced by the Nazi regime in the early years of Adolf Hitler's
rule.
Bavaria holds the rights to Nazi
publications, including Hitler's "Mein Kampf." However, the Munich state court rejected - at least in part - Bavaria's bid to use
copyright to block reprints of two Nazi papers, the Voelkischer Beobachter and
Der Angriff.
The court ruled that the
rights on those newspaper editions published before 1939 have now expired.
Bavaria's Finance Ministry said it would
appeal.
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