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Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act
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» A Case to Define the Digital Age  - "A Supreme Court ruling on a 20-year extension of copyright protection could decide much of what Web surfers get to see, hear, and share." By Jane Black. [Business Week]
» Copyright Craziness - Editorial supporting the Eldred case. "Vast quantities of creative material shouldn't be perpetually owned privately, and Congress's repeated extensions of protection to copyright holders have shredded any meaningful limit." [Washington Post]
» Diamonds and Copyrights Are Forever - Article about Eldred v. Reno's challenge to the Copyright Term Extension Act. By Thomas Claburn. [Smart Business]
» Eldred v. Ashcroft - Collection of materials, provided by the primary plaintiff. Includes timeline, text of court briefs, and links to articles, plaintiffs, and lawyers involved in the case.
» Eldred v. Ashcroft Oral Arguments - News of arguments in the case against the retroactive 20-year copyright extension and forum discussion. [Slashdot]
» Eldred v. Ashcroft: A Primer - Summary of issue and the arguments, and links to legal documents and other resources about the case over the constitutionality of the Copyright Term Extension Act. [Washington Post]
» FindLaw: Eldred et al. v. Ashcroft, Attorney General - Text of the decision, with links to other cases cited.
» Lawrence Lessig Makes His Debut Before the Supreme Court - News and forum discussion of Lawrence Lessig's arguments to the US Supreme Court in Eldred v. Ashcroft. [kuro5hin]
» Let the Stories Go - Editorial citing the lawsuit against "The Wind Done Gone" as an example of what's wrong with copyright term extension. By Lawrense Lessig. [New York Times] [Free registration required.]
» New Rules for Using Public Domain Materials - How to determine what is in the public domain in the US after the Copyright Term Extension Act. Discusses trademark and right of publicity issues that may burden otherwise "rights-free" materials.
» One Man's Challenge to Copyright Restrictions on Online Publishing - Interview with Eric Eldred about his constitutional challenge to the Sonny Bono Act. By Andrea L. Foster. [Chronicle of Higher Education]
» Openlaw: Eldred v. Reno - Open law public forum for collaboration and discussion on the case challenging the Bono Act's 20 year extension of the copyright terms.
» Openlaw: Golan v. Ashcroft - Open law public forum for collaboration and discussion on the case challenging the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act and "restoration" of expired copyrights.
» Opposing Copyright Extension - Resources and information about legal and court cases challenging the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Law.
» Strangling Culture with a Copyright Law - Editorial by Steve Zeitlin opposing pending copyright extension. Summarizes public interest issues and notes that Disney is leading campaign along with ASCAP and Gershwin Family Trust. [New York Times] [Full text requires payment.]
» Supreme Court: Eldred v. Ashcroft - Official text of the decision upholding the copyright extension act, in PDF format. (801K)
» The Mouse That Ate The Public Domain - "Disney, The Copyright Term Extension Act, and Eldred v. Ashcroft." By Chris Sprigman. [FindLaw's Writ]
» The Mouse That Ate the Public Domain - "Antitrust lawyer Chris Sprigman has written a thoughtful column in Findlaw's Writ on the issues behind the 1998 Copyright Term Extension Act and the legal challenge (Eldred v. Ashcroft) to that law." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot]
» The War On Perpetual Copyright Goes To The Supreme Court - "The Stanford University law professor filed a suit ... which alleged that Congress had overstepped its authority in passing the 1998 'Copyright Term Extension Act'." News and discussion forum. [Plastic]
» When Is Art Free? - Article presenting both sides of the term extension debate. By Gail Russell Chaddock. [Christian Science Monitor]
» Why the Public Domain Is Not Just a Mickey Mouse Issue - Comments prepared for the NINCH Copyright Town Meeting on the Public Domain at the Chicago Historical Society by Diane M. Zorich.
» Wikipedia: Copyright Term Extension Act - Free encyclopedia entry about the act.
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Last Updated: 2007-04-03 15:51:09
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