Cosima has also been in touch with me
about this, and I haven't been able to help her much. It's a
funny question, since intellectual property was anathema to the
values of so many associated with SftP -- or at least not a
value enshrined in the work people were doing in SftP. And in
any case it's hard to know who holds the rights on an article
published anonymously by a grassroots organization that
dissolved 25 years ago.
If it were Coca-Cola wanting to co-opt the logo for corporate
gain, it would probably be worth summoning copyright law to try
(if possible) to defend against it. But since it's a PBS
documentary wanting to use an article to engage in what is
presumably a meaningful discussion, it seems not important to
claim intellectual property in this case?
Obviously I wasn't there and have no say in it -- just making
observations in case they're of interest.
Sigrid
Sigrid Schmalzer
Associate Professor, History Department
Director, Social Thought & Political Economy Program
UMass Amherst
On 3/12/2015 10:45 AM, Charles L. SCHWARTZ wrote: