{"id":85464,"date":"2009-12-16T14:35:21","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T19:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/articles\/20091216\/0820147386.shtml"},"modified":"2009-12-16T14:35:21","modified_gmt":"2009-12-16T19:35:21","slug":"lawmaker-convicted-of-raping-foster-kids-claims-name-is-copyrighted-so-you-cant-report-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/85464","title":{"rendered":"Lawmaker, Convicted Of Raping Foster Kids, Claims Name Is Copyrighted So You Can&#8217;t Report It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bunch of folks have sent in this story of former South Dakota state Rep. Ted Alvin Klaudt, who was convicted of raping his two foster daughters a couple years ago, and who is now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/2009\/12\/16\/business\/AP-US-Inmate-Name-Copyright.html?_r=1\" >claiming that his name is covered by copyright<\/a>, so no one can report on it.  More specifically, he&#8217;s trying to claim a &#8220;common law copyright.&#8221;  Unfortunately for Mr. Klaudt, except in extremely limited circumstances, the US does not recognize &#8220;common law copyright.&#8221;  He&#8217;s demanding written permission to use his name in a news report, and has apparently demanded anywhere from <a href=\"http:\/\/tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2009\/12\/jailed_ex-state_rep_ted_alvin_klaudt_threatens_new.php\" >$500,000<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.argusleader.com\/article\/20091216\/NEWS\/912160318\/1003\/BUSINESS\" >$2 million<\/a> for each &#8220;unauthorized&#8221; use.  Apparently Klaudt, despite having been a former lawmaker, is unfamiliar with the basics of the law.  Perhaps he can use his time in prison &#8212; where he will most likely be for quite some time &#8212; to study up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/articles\/20091216\/0820147386.shtml\">Permalink<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/articles\/20091216\/0820147386.shtml#comments\">Comments<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/article.php?sid=20091216\/0820147386&#038;op=sharethis\">Email This Story<\/a><br \/>\n <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=4cdad95f3c061ba3f6f1b43acefbf807&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=4cdad95f3c061ba3f6f1b43acefbf807&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2225\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.techdirt.com\/~ff\/techdirt\/feed?a=E1oU7pyYqmA:f-hrEEdKHI4:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/techdirt\/feed?i=E1oU7pyYqmA:f-hrEEdKHI4:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.techdirt.com\/~ff\/techdirt\/feed?a=E1oU7pyYqmA:f-hrEEdKHI4:c-S6u7MTCTE\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/techdirt\/feed?d=c-S6u7MTCTE\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/techdirt\/feed\/~4\/E1oU7pyYqmA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bunch of folks have sent in this story of former South Dakota state Rep. Ted Alvin Klaudt, who was convicted of raping his two foster daughters a couple years ago, and who is now claiming that his name is covered by copyright, so no one can report on it. More specifically, he&#8217;s trying to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}