# Who gets the royalties from propaganda films nowadays?

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**Created:** [June 25, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-the-royalties-from-propaganda-films-nowadays/184186 "2003-06-25T00:57:32Z")
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### Author: ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-the-royalties-from-propaganda-films-nowadays/184186/1 "2003-06-25T00:57:32Z")

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The thread on female directors brought up the subject of Triumph of the Will (obviously enough).

This lead me to wonder, if I were to buy the new special edition DVD release, who gets the money? Did/does Reifenstahl own the rights to her work? The same question goes for other works that are “dodgey”, for example Mein Kampf, Birth of a Nation etc.

There are various films and books that I would like to watch or read for their artistic merit, or historical value etc, but I do not wish to put cash in coffers that I do not approve of. If that makes sense…