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The above is a 1954 letter from Masahiko Oda to Esther M. Lederberg (only). The NLM states that they could not find the copyright holder (Dr. Masahiko Oda), yet displays a copy of this letter "courtesy of Joshua Lederberg". How did Joshua Lederberg get his copy of this letter? Did Esther M. Lederberg give Joshua Lederberg permission to copy her letter? In fact, Esther M. Lederberg asked for her property to be returned, and Joshua Lederberg refused. Thus, the NLM is in collusion with Joshua Lederberg regarding the theft of this document from Esther M. Lederberg. More: without Dr. Oda's permission to reproduce the document (or the permission of the institution for which Dr. Oda worked, which might inherit those rights after his death), the NLM was knowingly in violation of U.S. copyright law. Thus, the NLM is in collusion of theft and in violation of U.S. copyright law.
This specific piece of correspondence may be found on Joshua
Lederberg's NLM website, identified with the ID:
bbaewz.
http://profiles.NLM.NIH.gov/BB/