Guantanamo
A Guantanamo detainee stands in the doorway of his cell. (Getty Images News)

The Sound Salvation

September 14, 2007

Attorney Clive Stafford Smith represents nearly three dozen Guantanamo detainees. Frustrated by their accounts of being tortured with music, Smith has come up with a novel legal tactic: sue the U.S. government for royalty payments. He explains why, for his clients, copyright law suddenly sounds so good.

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