Article: Sigmund Freud Copyrights Limited

SIGMUND FREUD COPYRIGHTS LIMITED

Sigmund Freud bequeathed the income from this world copyrights, which was seen as "pocket money," to five of his grandchildren, who were still all minors at the time of his death in 1939. His will appointed three of his children, Ernst, Martin, and Anna as trustees.

After World War II, the trustees decided that a limited company should be formed to handle the copyrights, promote publication and translations, and collect royalties and distribute them to the grandchildren. The company was incorporated April 15, 1946, and acquired from the trustees the copyright in all Sigmund Freud's works and other writings, letters, and so on, by an agreement of April 5, ...

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