The staff at the student newspaper at Auburn University has reported to local law enforcement that more than 1,000 copies of Thursday’s issue were stolen from seven locations on campus — a loss of nearly $800 for the news organization.
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Successful newspaper theft prosecutions
Newspaper theft can be successfully prosecuted. Here's the proof.
Schiff v. Williams
In April of 1973, the president of Florida Atlantic University dismissed the editor-in-chief and two associate editors of the student newspaper, the Atlantic Sun, and instead published the the newspaper with administrative personnel.
Coppola v. Lawson
After the student newspaper at Ocean County Community College released several award-winning investigative pieces criticizing its school president and policies, reporters and editors felt the school was intimidating them to make them stop.
Sinn v. The Daily Nebraskan
In September 1984, Pam Pearn wanted to place two advertisements in the student newspaper at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the Daily Nebraskan, seeking a roommate.
Thomas v. Board of Education, Granville Central School District
Students at Granville Junior-Senior High School started a newspaper that they largely produced and distributed off-campus.