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Opposing Copyright Extension
Resources and information about legal and court cases challenging the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Law.
http://www.law.asu.edu/HomePages/Karjala/OpposingCopyrightExtension/
A Mickey Mouse Copyright Law?
Article about Eldred v. Reno case to overturn the copyright extension act. By Joyce Slaton. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,17327,00.html
When Is Art Free?
Article presenting both sides of the term extension debate. By Gail Russell Chaddock. [Christian Science Monitor]
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1998/06/11/p51s1.htm
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.]
http://query.nytimes.com/search/abstract?res=FA0D1FF7395B0C768EDDAD0894D0494D81
Supreme Court: Eldred v. Ashcroft
Official text of the decision upholding the copyright extension act, in PDF format. (801K)
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/02pdf/01-618.pdf
FindLaw: Eldred et al. v. Ashcroft, Attorney General
Text of the decision, with links to other cases cited.
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=01-618
Diamonds and Copyrights Are Forever
Article about Eldred v. Reno's challenge to the Copyright Term Extension Act. By Thomas Claburn. [Smart Business]
http://www.lot49.com/text/archives/000695.html
Wikipedia: Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act
Free encyclopedia entry about the act.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Bono_Copyright_Term_Extension_Act
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.
http://eon.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/eldredvreno/
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.]
http://archive.nytimes.com/2001/04/30/opinion/30LESS.html
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.
http://eon.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/golanvashcroft/
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]
http://chronicle.com/free/2001/04/2001040901t.htm
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]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=opinion&contentId=A22911-2001Aug16
Righting Copywrongs
"Maybe we ought to stop coddling the Scrooge McDucks and free Steamboat Willie." By James Surowiecki. [New Yorker]
http://www.newyorker.com/THE_TALK_OF_THE_TOWN/CONTENT/?020121ta_talk_surowiecki
How Long Should Copyright Last? Supreme Court to Decide
"The Supreme Court has agreed to look into whether Congress had the authority to make this last in a series of 11 extensions of the copyright term." News and discussion forum. [Plastic]
http://www.plastic.com/article.pl?sid=02/02/19/2128204
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]
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/07/0029229
The Mouse That Ate The Public Domain
"Disney, The Copyright Term Extension Act, and Eldred v. Ashcroft." By Chris Sprigman. [FindLaw's Writ]
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20020305_sprigman.html
Copyright Term Extension: Congress Enacts a Mickey Mouse Law and Legislation for the New Millennium
News of CTEA and other "intellectual property" laws passed by Congress. By David Roy Ellis. [Clearwater Bar Association]
http://www.clwbar.org/resipsa/jan99/copyright.html
Copyright Extension
Arguments in favor of the 1998 law, presented by the publishing industry. Includes historical background, the text of the bill, statements of its authors before Congress, and text of the appeals court judgment upholding it.
http://www.copyrightextension.org/
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.
http://copylaw.com/new_articles/PublicDomain.html
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.
http://www.ninch.org/copyright/2000/chicagozorich.html
All Roads Lead to Rome
"As an economic matter, the CTEA amounts to a state giveaway of public domain property, pure and simple." By Richard Epstein. [Financial Times]
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&cid=1031119055342&p=1020498309075
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]
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2002/tc20020927_7367.htm
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]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/technology/articles/eldredprimer_100902.htm
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]
http://www.plastic.com/article.html?sid=02/10/09/22470812
Eldred v. Ashcroft Oral Arguments
News of arguments in the case against the retroactive 20-year copyright extension and forum discussion. [Slashdot]
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/09/1640249
awrence 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]
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/10/9/183742/072
Mouse Trapped
Discusses shifts in the perceived purposes of copyright law from public benefits to author profits. By Mike Godwin. [The American Lawyer]
http://www.law.com/jsp/statearchive.jsp?type=Article&oldid=ZZZXH1L3P8C
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.
http://eldred.cc/eldredvashcroft.html
Copyright Term Extensions Constitutional
Argues that the Foreign Commerce Clause of the US Constitution supports the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.
http://www.geocities.com/extensioninfo/copyrights.html
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