Ex-Wife Allegedly Using Copyright To Take Down Husband's Suicide Note

Found on Techdirt on Friday, 25 April 2014
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It would be great to see both the takedown demand, and the judge's claim, but it is undeniable that the letter itself has been taken down in some places due to a copyright claim -- and the claim appears to have come from that same law firm. Some others are claiming they've personally been pressured into removing the letter.

Furthermore, as this is getting more attention, more people appear to be posting variations on the letter getting it much more attention. In fact, a bunch are now reading the letter aloud on YouTube (making it even more transformative in any fair use analysis).

I don't think this ex-wife has heard the term Streisand Effect before.