RE: Copyright ownership of bin Laden video?

The work's fixed in Afghanistan; we have no treaty relationship with them. Thus no protection as a matter of right.

Ironically, if it was first published in the U.S., it can obtain copyright protection. Don't know when (or where) publication would have occurred.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-cni-copyright[_at_]cni.org [mailto:owner-cni-copyright[_at_]cni.org] On Behalf Of Doug Isenberg
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:36 PM To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Copyright ownership of bin Laden video?

        I suppose they're purely academic questions, but just out of curiosity:
Who owns the copyright in the Osama bin Laden videotape released today by
the U.S. government? Are the networks that air it in its entirety protected by the fair-use privilege? Does U.S. copyright law apply? Does
Afghanistan have any copyright laws?

Doug Isenberg, Esq.
Editor & Publisher, GigaLaw.com
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