唐纳德·特朗普周一起诉记者鲍勃·伍德沃德，声称音频伴侣伍德沃德的书《愤怒》不当使用他对前总统的采访录音。
根据特朗普在佛罗里达州联邦法院提起的诉讼，他辩称，他同意仅为了这本书的目的而录音，而不是出于其他原因而发布录音。
诉状指控伍德沃德“系统地篡夺、操纵和利用特朗普总统在一系列采访中收集的音频。”
这“特朗普录音带”10月份发布，包括伍德沃德在特朗普担任总统和候选人期间对他进行的20次采访。
特朗普的诉讼称，这些采访包括特朗普和伍德沃德在2019年12月至2020年8月期间面对面或通过电话交谈的19次。
“我想尽可能多地把特朗普的声音，他自己的话，放在历史记录中，这样人们就可以听到并做出自己的评估，”伍德沃德有声读物里说，称这些对话“冗长”且“原始”
特朗普的诉讼还提到了《愤怒》出版商西蒙舒斯特及其母公司派拉蒙(Paramount)是被告，指控他们盗用了受“版权、许可、合同、出版业的基本原则以及公平和同意的核心价值观”限制使用和发行的音频。
伍德沃德和西蒙在一份联合声明中舒斯特说:“前总统特朗普的诉讼没有法律依据，我们将积极抗辩。”
“所有这些采访都被记录在案，并且是在特朗普总统知情和同意的情况下记录的。此外，用特朗普自己的话说，这一历史记录符合公共利益，”声明继续说。"我们相信事实和法律对我们有利。"
《愤怒》是伍德沃德在特朗普成为政治候选人后出版的三本书之一，另外两本书是《恐惧》和《危险》。
“狂怒”据报道已售出在2020年秋季首次发行后，成千上万的副本，并成为头条新闻在2020年3月的一次采访中引用了特朗普的话正如他所说，他曾想有意将新冠肺炎的风险降至最低，以避免恐慌:“我仍然喜欢淡化它，因为我不想制造恐慌。”
特朗普的新诉讼认为，“愤怒”是一个“彻底的失败”，这促使伍德沃德也发布了采访音频。
他起诉违反合同、欺骗性贸易行为、不当得利和侵犯版权。
他要求法院认定他完全拥有这些录音、有声读物和衍生作品，因此有权获得他所谓的利用这些作品所产生的所有收入。该诉讼还寻求损害赔偿。
Trump sues Bob Woodward for releasing audio of their interviews
Donald Trump sued journalist Bob Woodward on Monday, claiming that the audio companion to Woodward's book "Rage" improperly used recordings of his interviews with the former president.
According to Trump's suit, filed in federal court in Florida, he contends that he consented to being recorded only for the purposes of the book and not to the release of the audio recordings for other reasons.
The complaint accuses Woodward of "systematic usurpation, manipulation, and exploitation of audio of President Trump gathered in connection with a series of interviews."
The "Trump Tapes" were released in October and include 20 interviews Woodward conducted with Trump from his time as president and as a candidate.
Those interviews include 19 times that Trump and Woodward spoke, either in person or by phone, between December 2019 and August 2020, Trump's lawsuit states.
"I wanted to put as much of Trump's voice, his own words, out there for the historical record so people can hear and make their own assessments," Woodward says in the audiobook, calling the conversations "lengthy" and "raw."
Trump's suit also names "Rage" publisher Simon & Schuster and its parent company, Paramount, as defendants -- alleging they usurped audio that was subject to limitations on use and distribution "as a matter of copyright, license, contract, basic principles of the publishing industry, and core values of fairness and consent."
In a joint statement, Woodward and Simon & Schuster said: "Former President Trump's lawsuit is without merit and we will aggressively defend against it."
"All these interviews were on the record and recorded with President Trump's knowledge and agreement. Moreover, it is in the public interest to have this historical record in Trump's own words," the statement continued. "We are confident that the facts and the law are in our favor."
"Rage" was one of three books that Woodward published about Trump after his turn as a political candidate, along with "Fear" and "Peril."
"Rage" reportedly sold hundreds of thousands of copies after its initial release, in the fall of 2020, and made headlines when Woodward quoted Trump during a March 2020 interview as saying that he had wanted to intentionally minimize the risk of COVID-19 to avoid alarm: "I still like playing it down because I don't want to create a panic."
Trump's new lawsuit argues "Rage" was a "total failure," which motivated Woodward to release the interview audio as well.
He is suing for breach of contract, deceptive trade practices, unjust enrichment and copyright infringement.
He asked the court to find that he owns the recordings, audiobook and derivative works in full and therefore is entitled to all revenues arising from what he calls the exploitation of such works. The lawsuit also seeks damages.
