Jailed Ex-State Rep Tries To Copyright Own Name, Wants $500K Per Use | Talking Points Memo

If Ted Alvin Klaudt had his way, we’d owe him $500,000 for the first clause of this sentence. The former South Dakota state representative has sent a notarized letter from prison — where he is serving time for the rape of two of his foster daughters — notifying several news organizations of a “Common Law Copyright” on the use of his name.


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