Re: copyright, crime, Canada

On Thu, 24 Apr 1997, Ron B. Thomson <thomson[_at_]chass.utoronto.ca> wrote:
>
> The issue has arisen because of the activities of a particularly
> nefarious serial killer, now incarcerated in British Columbia. He is
> convicted of the murder of a dozen or so teen-agers about 10 years ago.
 ...
> Now he wants to write his memoires and collect the royalties from
> this. The discussion has arisen, therefore, about ways of keeping this
> person from benefiting from his actions, and the denial of copyright
> was one suggestion.

In the U.S., I think this would be difficult to do, ex post facto. I think the proper means would be 1) to secure as part of his conviction a huge fine in addition to prison time, and 2) upon publication of the book, levy against any royalties from the book.

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