A judge in Tennessee has determined that texts left by a suspect in the 2023 Nashville school killing are protected by national copyright laws and are not able to be made available to the general public.
After more than a year of dispute on the subject, Chancery Court Judge I’Ashea L. Myles ruled late on Thursday night that the texts of Audrey Hale, who was shot and killed by responding police officers at the Covenant personal Christian grade school in Nashville, will not be made public.
Myles ‘ decision deals a punch to a group of plaintiffs, including the Tennessee Star, who had sued for the transfer of Hale’s works.
The works of Hale have drawn the attention of the public because there are reports that the shooting suspect was motivated by a mix of pro- and anti-transgender and anti-Christian views. Hale, a woman who identified as trans and went by the name Aiden, expressed “pure anger of my adult gender”, according to passages of Hale’s writings , reported by , The Tennessee Star.
The Covenant university, as well as the Nashville Metropolitan Government, and a number of Covenant school parents all opposed the public launch of Hale’s works.
Myles argued that the families of the shooting patients have a right to possession of Hale’s works despite The Tennessee Star and the other plaintiffs ‘ requests for the release of his works under the Tennessee Public Records Act.
The Parents claim that despite no requesting rights membership for any of these works, their possession rights prevent the Respondent from releasing their information, Myles explained. Further, they assert that Metro’s release of any copyright material in accordance with the TPRA would contravene both their distinctive and federal rights under federal law.
The TPRA is supplanted by federal copyright regulations, according to Myles, who backed those kids.
Michael Patrick Leahy, the CEO of the Tennessee Star, has pledged to contest Myles ‘ decision.
In a July 5 , statement  published by his paper, Leahy claimed that the judge incorrectly accepted a questionable copyright claim made by intervenors who should n’t have been permitted to intervene in this case in the first place.
The court’s decision is” a subversion of the Tennessee Public Records Act’s intended purpose” and is obviously not in the public attention. We will totally appeal”, Leahy added.
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