Not trying to protect you little cottage industry are you surf?Quote from marketsurfer:
i was contacted by someone who claimed to be from his office.
the copyright holder no longer exists. however, PT has an interest in preventing widescale distribution i was advised.
take it as you will.
surf
If the copyright holder no longer exists then PTJ has little to say in the matter. He consented to the interview, and would have a hard time in court trying to explain the 'harm' the publication would cause him. He would also have the almost impossible task of tracking down the source of the publication and then what court would the action be filed in? The ground has been gone over again and again. The problem becomes interesting if you are selling the content, but 1st Amendment rights and fair use would cover posting without payment for the content.
I ran across this book review that would seem to agree with me. In "Future of Reputation" by Daniel Solove he describes the problems of privacy in the internet world. From a book review, "...do we have any right to control true information about ourselves? Or influence the way we are portrayed?" Does PTJ have any 'right' to privacy after giving consent to the interview and publication of the interview? Probably not. Check out the book to see other figures that have tried to control, without success, tapes and photos that have appeared on the web.
To those ET members that disagree, what recourse do you believe PTJ has in the matter?