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Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale's manifesto can't be released because victims' families have copyright

2024-07-06

[NY Post] Hiding the psycho shit to protect mental illness
A lengthy manifesto written by Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale

…more fully Audrey Elizabeth Hale, unhappy former student of the Covenant School and wannabe fake boy, who was shot dead by police fourteen minutes after she started massacring students and staff to actualize her learnt hatred of whites, Christians, and all the usuals…

won’t be released to the public because its copyright now belongs to her victims’ loved ones, a judge has ruled.

Families of the three children and three staffers gunned down last year by Hale, 28, at the private Christian Covenant School can block media outlets’ access to the writings, Chancery Court Judge I’Ashea Myles ruled Thursday night.

"The original writings, journals, art, photos and videos created by Hale are subject to an exception to the [Tennessee Public Records Act ] created by the federal Copyright Act," Myles wrote in court documents.

The ruling comes after Hale’s parents transferred ownership of her writings — which include 20 journals, a "memoir" and suicide note — to the families of the people she murdered in a bid to keep them out of the public eye.

The victims’ loved ones then argued in court that they should be allowed to determine who has access to Hale’s musings, which news outlets and other groups believe will offer clues into her disturbing motives.

Interest in Hales’ writings stem from the assertion by police that she was "assigned female at birth" but may have identified as a transgender man.

Some have speculated that Hale may have hated the Christian belief system at the school, which she formerly attended.

But the judge also found that the risk of inspiring copycats by releasing her manifesto was of "grave concern."

"Hale used the writings of other perpetrators in similar crimes to guide how this plan was constructed and accomplished, mimicking some not only in their methodology, but also choice of weapons and targets," Myles wrote. "Hale even held past perpetrators out as heroes in their attacks, idolizing them."

Some of the victims’ families cheered the ruling on Friday.

"The last year and a half without Cindy has been difficult. But today brings a measure of relief in our family. Denying the shooter some of the notoriety she sought by releasing her vile and unfiltered thoughts on the world is a result everyone should be thankful for," the family of Cindy Peak, a 61-year-old staffer killed by Hale, said in a statement.

A records request for Hale’s writings — which were collected during a police investigation — were previously denied, prompting several groups to sue.

Along with news outlets, a gun rights group, a law enforcement nonprofit and Tennessee State Sen. Todd Gardenhire also demanded that Hale’s writings be released.

Armed with two rifles and a handgun, Hale killed 9-year-olds Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney in March 2023.

She also gunned down school staffers Cynthia Peak, 61; Katherine Koonce, 60; and Mike Hill, 61, before she was fatally shot by police.

Myles’ ruling is expected to be appealed.

Critics said her finding is a blow to government transparency.
Covenant School parents and their attorneys huddle in prayer outside a courtroom before a hearing to decide whether documents and journals of a Nashville school shooter can be released to the public Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Posted by:Frank G

#10 ^ Unlikely if they didn't have a will or power of attorney. Probate

Posted by: Frank G 2024-07-06 22:38

#9 Given shooter was the owner and a Adult.

…and dead, probably without a will, which probably means her parents as nearest relatives would inherit her estate without any significant paperwork needed. I’m not a lawyer, but we went through all that when setting up a trust for trailing daughter #1, who will probably need that protection the rest of her life.

Posted by: trailing wife 2024-07-06 21:55

#8 Given shooter was the owner and a Adult. For the its parents to have give the ownership to the victims family. There have to be written xfer of ownership from it itself. However, given it was part of a Public Crime, it should have became states evidence and Public domain once the court process was over.

What I see is more LSD / LGBT? Stalling, to avoid the mental illness issues and real dangers of Transgenderism from being on public display.

Posted by: NN2N1 2024-07-06 20:21

#7 Anything written, spoken, or recorded is automatically copyrighted by the producer of that material. Legal copyright only certifies the ownership and rights granted to copyrighted material. The original copyright belongs to Ms. Hale. How her heirs decide to distribute them is up to them. The "judge" is creating copyright law that doesn't actually exist, and needs to be called on it.

Posted by: Old Patriot 2024-07-06 16:46

#6 Definitely not a lawyer, but my pitiful understanding is that if you make it, it is yours and you hold the copyright.

From the US Copyright Office:
When is my work protected?

Your work is under copyright protection the moment it is created and fixed in a tangible form that it is perceptible either directly or with the aid of a machine or device.

Even though something is copyrighted, Fair Use still applies:
Under the fair use doctrine of the U.S. copyright statute, it is permissible to use limited portions of a work including quotes, for purposes such as commentary, criticism, news reporting, and scholarly reports.

So excerpts of the "manifesto" could be reported, but I suspect the whole thing is too appalling, even in small bites.

Posted by: SteveS 2024-07-06 16:37

#5 The judge can't copyright. It has to be given by the copyright office, that includes filings.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-07-06 14:55

#4 I'm not a lawyer, but doesn't something have to have a copyright notice to be copyrighted?

Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2024-07-06 13:07

#3

A mentally ill She-IT.

A 28-year-old born female, Audrey Elizabeth Hale, became a Mental case and adopted Transgenderism as Aiden Hale, a Want-A-Be male.

This She-IT killed 3 nine‑year‑old children and 3 adults before being killed by 2 Police officers.

Despite over 50 years of well researched and documented studies, volumes of violence based arrests, sexual attacks and public sexual displays done in front of children, by this group of violent Sexually Mentally Ill perverts.

The LSD's continue to defend Transgenders for their all too often sexually violent mental illness.

Posted by: NN2N1 2024-07-06 10:25

#2 OTOH__ it gives the judge a leg up for her coming "Only Fans" site

Posted by: Mercutio 2024-07-06 09:26

#1 The choice of evil, hate, and depravity masked as a medical condition.

Posted by: Besoeker 2024-07-06 05:22

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