Malcolm X’s heirs are suing Third World Press, which plans to publish Malcolm X’s diaries this month.
Malcolm X’s children have created a group called “Legacy X” that is claiming copyright of the diaries. They have filed a lawsuit in a Manhattan Federal Court for the exclusive copyright of his diaries.
The suit says, “Legacy X has made repeated efforts to communicate to TWP that its publications of these works is improper. These efforts have fallen on deaf ears; TWP continues to act if it is entitled to exploit intellectual property which it does not own. Without this court’s immediate assistance, the value of these timeless writings will be lost forever,” according to NY Post.
The vice president of Third World Press claims that they already have the copyrights to the diaries as opposed to Legacy X, according to Herald Extra.
Legacy X had planned to publish the diaries themselves in February 2015 for the 50th anniversary of Malcolm X’s assassination. Their lawsuit is seeking the copyright from Third World Press as well as monetary compensation.
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