This is great, thanks!
I'm curious how they are getting around the copyright laws. This may fall under "Fair Use," but I didn't think that allowed for public dissemination of an entire copyrighted work.
Not that I'm complaining. This book and Kerry's post-war activities need complete national attention.
It's no longer a book. It's evidence. Like his military service record, Kerry would like to suppress this evidence too. Heaven forbid that the voters find out who and what Kerry truly is.
My thinking is they don't care if they're sued - since a suit would only draw media and public attention to the book.
As I understand it was introduced into the Congressional Record as a result of his testimony. Therefore the text, but not the pictures, are a public record.
I went to the US Copyright office's web site to read up on copyright expiration, but it's still a little murky. According to what I read, the original copyright on The New Soldier has expired, but the book was eligible for an automatic copyright renewal (like any other book from the same era). The renewals database contains no relevant entries under that title, or the authors "John Kerry", "Vietnam Vets Against The War", or "VVAW". However, the section on automatic renewals is vague enough to me that I am unsure if it had to be registered with the copyright office to get the extension.