Bob Woodward roasts Trump's 'everything is mine' take in 'unprecedented' copyright suit:

[kpete]

Bob Woodward roasts Trump’s ‘everything is mine’ take in ‘unprecedented’ copyright suit: Interview tapes ‘belong to the People’

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Earlier this year, former President Donald Trump filed a $50 million lawsuit against Woodward in a federal court in Florida, over the publication of the audiobook “The Trump Tapes: The Historical Record.” Trump claims that Woodward promised only to use the 19 recorded interviews for the 2020 bestseller, “Rage.” Woodward’s release of the companion audiobook, Trump argues, “systematically, blatantly, and unlawfully usurped” his “copyright interests, his contractual rights, and the rights he holds as an interviewee.”

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“No President before Donald Trump has ever claimed to own a copyright in presidential interviews or demanded royalties for their republication,” McNamara wrote in the 44-page memo.

In the introduction of the filing, Woodward’s legal team provides a historical overview of how ex-presidents relied upon the Fourth Estate. The Hartford Courant published Washington’s first inaugural address to Congress, and Abraham Lincoln spoke to The New York Times to convey why he allowed Black troops to join the Union’s fight, the filing notes.

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Woodward’s attorneys excoriated Trump’s “unprecedented effort to extract private benefit from his public duties.”

“As if on a mission to prove this ‘everything is mine’ thesis, Donald Trump, ‘in his individual capacity,’ asserts that he owns Woodward’s entire Work because it includes words spoken by ‘President Trump, 45th President of the United States of America,'” the filing states. “And President Trump seeks to profit from his public service by demanding Defendants pay him nearly $50 million.”

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https://lawandcrime.com/trump/bob-woodward-roasts-trumps-everything-is-mine-take-in-unprecedented-copyright-suit-interview-tapes-belong-to-the-people/

[underpants]

1. God if he wins again he will have no mercy on his opponents

Hell go up and down Putin’s enemies list.

[Hortensis]

9. Lol, yes, but he won't. I'm surprised he doesn't claim he took

ownership of Woodward's records by "thinking" they were his. There's still time for that, though.

And demanding a share of royalties!

[PatSeg]

18. Yeah well, that's how "copyrights" work, right?

Who needs all that paperwork and red tape anyway?

He is so pathetic.

[Hortensis]

21. He's so trumpy! It's going to end up a synonym

for pathologically slimy. Filling the void where there's no word bad enough but will be now.

[PatSeg]

23. Yeah, variations of "Trump"

are going to end up being synonyms for pretty every negative word there is. "Pathologically slimy" will be on the top of the list.

[MagickMuffin]

24. You're in luck: Trumpery, something without use or value

Look up trumpery for yourself


Noun

Rubbish, trash, worthless stuff



Nonsense, twaddle
His usual conversation is pure trumpery


Archaic: worthless finery

Adjective
Of little or no value; trifling; worthless; rubbishy; trashy

[Hortensis]

25. That really was The Donald, so appropriate. Then.

[MagickMuffin]

26. Indeed, all those definitions fit him to, well, a T

[Hortensis]

28. :)

[malaise]

2. THIS

Woodward’s attorneys excoriated Trump’s “unprecedented effort to extract private benefit from his public duties.”

[Alexander Of Assyria]

11. Trump is mainly trying to extract sympathy from his cult and more attention from the media.

The cost of a lawsuit is fractional compared to the cost of all the free media.

Any political motive can be advanced by abusing the legal system…a familiar pattern with fascists.

[Goonch]

3. 👇👇👇👁️👁️

[Mr.Bill]

4. This will get thrown out of court,

Trump will be required to pay all of Woodward's legal expences, and Woodward will never see a dime of it. When Trump dies, the people trying to attach his estate for the money he lost in court will break all-time records.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

12. Court costs should sometimes include the cost of the Judge, Courthouse time and related salaries.

Split evenly and jointly between vexatious litigants and the team of kraken counsel.

[Hekate]

5. Remember the White House photographer? Trump stole her work product for a coffee table book...

…published under his own name. Left her with none of the traditional perks at all.

Such a pig.

[keep_left]

19. I remember that one. As I recall, the title was...

...Our Journey Together. As if pronouns like "us", "we", and "our" even exist for Trump. It's all about the "me, me, me".

[Vinca]

6. Well, assuming anyone owns the words other than Woodward, it would be U.S. taxpayers.

[Pepsidog]

7. Hard to understand how any attorney can put their name to legal actions like this. They

[Mr. Ected]

8. Sick that this behavior appeals to such a large segment of our society

I'll be crucified for saying it, but capitalism and democracy seem to be on a collision course with each other right now. It'll be a battle to the death.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

13. Capitalism is trying to swallow democracy...again?...deserves applause, no crucifixion...

[Escurumbele]

16. The problem is not capitalism, the problem is the lack of regulations and accountability.

If both are implemented the way they were meant to be implemented the crooks would have a very hard time doing their dirty deeds, but in the USA people in general have come to idolize those with money, which has opened the door to political crooks to mold the laws to help them get away with murder.

Many people say "Politics is so dirty", which is not true, politics is beautiful, the problem is that we have dirty politicians in the republican party, and that makes it look as if politics is dirty.

We need strong accountability, the first amendment must be more specific, one should be able to have opinions as long as they are based on the truth, the 1st amendment should not condone lies and defamation. Politicians should be banned from lying, there must be rules, very strong ones that punish those who lie.

[Hortensis]

27. :) Agree. Except that last paragraph would only apply to large influencers,

capable of corrupting the understanding of whole groups, not to normal individuals. (And on this subject, "No, Democrats are not practically the same as Republicans.")

Of course, to have good government we have to elect good people. That means more of us need to live up to our responsibilities than have been.

We're extremely fortunate that our government's principles and institutions have held up much better under attack than the electorate has. Previous regulations were created by those who came before and dismantled with the approval of most of those here now.

[alotus51]

10. He's a Bully

Has anyone ever stood up to Trump? I don't mean in the courts I mean personally? As in get right up in his face and say fuck you asshole! Has that happened at any point in his life? It won't happen now with his secret service protection but I just wonder if he's ever been called out?

[Johonny]

15. Clearly Putin

Look at Trump's face the whole time they're together. It's the look of a man that got put in place by a bigger bully.

[Johonny]

14. Trump claims that Woodward promised only to use the 19 recorded interviews for the 2020 bestseller,

Trump didn't get that in writing. And I assume if he gave permission for one use, he essentially gave away any rights he had.

[barbtries]

17. can't some judge somehow somewhere

declare trump a vexatious frivolous litigator and stop this bullshit?

isn't that something that happens?

[spanone]

20. Hmmmmm

Trump claims that Woodward promised only to use the 19 recorded interviews for the 2020 bestseller, “Rage'.

Well don, these recorded interviews are for bestseller audiobook of 'RAGE'.

[lame54]

22. There should be a separate court system...

Created for all of of Trump's lawsuits

That way the real court system won't be as bogged down

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

29. This tosser is so bloody stupid, that he doesn't see the potential blowback

I don't think any court is stupid enough to side with TFG, but, to play devil's advocate, let's say he does win. What he says, belongs to him.

Well, publishers and reporters won't take that lying down for one instant. They'll protect their own interests by demanding that interviewees sign release statements, up front, insuring that whatever gets said in an interview belongs to the publication or reporter, not to the celebrity. Those who don't sign, won't get interviewed. "Sorry, we can't take the risk of liability if you change your mind about what you tell us and decide to sue after we publish."

What's great about that is that this slimy scumbag won't sign, at least not in the beginning, because he thinks all of his "his" words belong only to him.

So nobody will interview him. Imagine that. No more TFG!

Well, he won't have that. He couldn't live without the attention, so he'll start signing the releases so fast we'll all get whiplash. And then the legit press will have him, right where they want him: At their mercy.

Was it Twain who said never to cross those who buy ink by the barrel? Because they will get the last word here, one way or another.