Rapist Lawmaker ‘Copyrights’ Name To Gag Press
Former lawmaker Ted Alvin Klaudt, who was previously convicted of raping his two foster daughters, has sent copyright threats to news outlets in an attempt to ban them from repeating his name. Ted Alvin Klaudt wants $500,000 per infringement
Ted Alvin Klaudt, aged 51, was a farmer, rancher, and former member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1999-2006).
In 2007, Ted Alvin Klaudt was convicted on four counts of second-degree rape against his two foster daughters and 44 years in prison for rape and 10 further years for witness tampering.
From his prison cell, Ted Alvin Klaudt has now sent news organizations a document entitled “Common Law Copyright Notice” which warns them that his name is copyrighted in an attempt to stop it being used without his consent.
Klaudt, whose forenames are Ted Alvin, said that anyone using his name without permission will owe him $500,000.
Ted Alvin Klaudt’s daughter, Roxy, told the Associated Press that her father had sent the copyright notice but would not explain why.
Currently being held at the state prison in Springfield, Ted Alvin Klaudt should be well aware that it’s impossible to stop people repeating his name in the press and especially on the Internet.
Furthermore, printing the name Ted Alvin Klaudt in a news article does not constitute an infringement, so he can ask for a billion dollars if he likes, it means nothing.
The real question is, will Ted Alvin Klaudt understand the irony on repeating Ted Alvin Klaudt so many times to piss Ted Alvin Klaudt off?
That’s $1,500,000 right there, Osno!
o_O { Ted Alvin Klaudt )
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now we play the waiting game… :)
btw LMAO with this article xD
you can alway rely on a fat american for a good laugh xD
(im not saying they are all like that… just saying D:)
You can’t copyright a name; that’s trademark law.
Directly from the US Copyright Office:
“Copyright does not protect names, titles, slogans, or short phrases. In some cases, these things may be protected as trademarks.
http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-protect.html
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Damn, that’s what I was going to do.
Maybe one of the SEO organizations will use Ted Alvin Klaudt as it’s phrase for one of it’s contests to see who can get the highest listed return for the name.
“now we play the waiting game… :)”
lmao
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Anything to keep his name in the paper. What a whore.
I hope that fat-fuck gets gang-raped every night he’s in jail, and shiv’d at lunchtime.
This is an example of what one author calls copyfraud. See this article:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=787244
Theoretically he could trademark his name, but only for a specific commercial purpose. Somehow I doubt that the relevant registration body would approve an application to trademark his name “when used to describe ed Alvin Klaudt as a rapist or sex offender”.
Guys, thats what i was going to do :)
I guess I woke up too late..
Nah, I can’t resist eighter: Ted Alvin KlaudtTed Alvin KlaudtTed Alvin KlaudtTed Alvin Klaudt
any convicted felon’s name that appears in a court record is automatically public record.
However this person bring to light just how blatently stupid patient and copyright law is to begin with.
Bad laws need to go away now.
Even if he got a trademark on his name (or a copyright, by some weird twist) reporting is always allowed. I can report on anything McDonalds is doing (and my mention here is completely legal) even if they hold the trademark on the name.
@g
As far as I know Billy Joel’s name is copirated.
If not his name he needs to worry about protecting, it’s his large bumhole he needs to be worrying about, which may become his extra large bumhole if Big Bubba down the cellblock has his way.
big ups to the author for repeating his name as many times as possible.
I doubt this douche will ever see a dime, mainly due to the Son of Sam laws.
So does this mean I can’t use his name for a new line of clothing?
Ted Alvin Klaudt Wear, for the fat pseudo-incestuous rapist lawmaker on-the-go.
Haha it so funny how many times they used the guys name in this article, and he can’t do anything about it.
Gold! lol