The New York Review of Books has warned the Embassy of Kuwait in Washington that it will take legal action to protect its copyright if the Embassy does not desist from including material from the Review in kits of anti-Israel propaganda it circulates to U. S. Senators and other prominent persons. One such kit contained reprints of an article by the American journalist, I. F. Stone, which appeared in the August, 1967 issue of the New York Review of Books.
The Review’s editor, R. B. Silvers, wrote to the Kuwaiti Ambassador Aug. 11 protesting against the inclusion of Mr. Stone’s article in the kit without the authorization of either the writer or the Review. “We request that the Embassy of Kuwait both immediately cease any further distribution of this material, and also inform each of the recipients of the packet of materials that the inclusion of Mr. Stone’s article was not authorized by him or by the New York Review,” Mr. Silvers wrote. “We also request that the Embassy address a letter to the Washington Post, in which one report concerning your mailing of Mr. Stone’s article appeared, pointing out the use of his work was not authorized by him or by the NYR.”
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