Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (Copyrights)

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Copyright Extension 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. (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://www.copyrightextension.org/ Openlaw: Golan v. Ashcroft 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. (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://eon.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/golanvashcroft/ Openlaw: Eldred v. Reno 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. (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://eon.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/eldredvreno/ Copyright Craziness 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] (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=opinion&contentId=A22911-2001Aug16 When Is Art Free? When Is Art Free?: Article presenting both sides of the term extension debate. By Gail Russell Chaddock. [Christian Science Monitor] (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1998/06/11/p51s1.htm Copyright Term Extensions Constitutional Copyright Term Extensions Constitutional: Argues that the Foreign Commerce Clause of the US Constitution supports the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://www.geocities.com/extensioninfo/copyrights.html FindLaw: Eldred et al. v. Ashcroft, Attorney General FindLaw: Eldred et al. v. Ashcroft, Attorney General: Text of the decision, with links to other cases cited. (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=01-618 Eldred v. Ashcroft 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. (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://eldred.cc/eldredvashcroft.html One Man's Challenge to Copyright Restrictions on Online Publishing 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] (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://chronicle.com/free/2001/04/2001040901t.htm Copyright Term Extension: Congress Enacts a Mickey Mouse Law and Legislation for the New Millennium 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] (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://www.clwbar.org/resipsa/jan99/copyright.html How Long Should Copyright Last? Supreme Court to Decide 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] (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://www.plastic.com/article.pl?sid=02/02/19/2128204 Diamonds and Copyrights Are Forever Diamonds and Copyrights Are Forever: Article about Eldred v. Reno's challenge to the Copyright Term Extension Act. By Thomas Claburn. [Smart Business] (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://www.lot49.com/text/archives/000695.html Mouse Trapped Mouse Trapped: Discusses shifts in the perceived purposes of copyright law from public benefits to author profits. By Mike Godwin. [The American Lawyer] (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://www.law.com/jsp/statearchive.jsp?type=Article&oldid=ZZZXH1L3P8C Why the Public Domain Is Not Just a Mickey Mouse Issue 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. (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://www.ninch.org/copyright/2000/chicagozorich.html New Rules for Using Public Domain Materials 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. (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://copylaw.com/new_articles/PublicDomain.html A Case to Define the Digital Age 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] (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2002/tc20020927_7367.htm Eldred v. Ashcroft Oral Arguments Eldred v. Ashcroft Oral Arguments: News of arguments in the case against the retroactive 20-year copyright extension and forum discussion. [Slashdot] (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/09/1640249 The Mouse That Ate The Public Domain The Mouse That Ate The Public Domain: "Disney, The Copyright Term Extension Act, and Eldred v. Ashcroft." By Chris Sprigman. [FindLaw's Writ] (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20020305_sprigman.html Wikipedia: Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act Wikipedia: Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act: Free encyclopedia entry about the act. (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Bono_Copyright_Term_Extension_Act The War On Perpetual Copyright Goes To The Supreme Court 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] (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://www.plastic.com/article.html?sid=02/10/09/22470812 awrence Lessig Makes His Debut Before the Supreme Court 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] (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/10/9/183742/072 A Mickey Mouse Copyright Law? A Mickey Mouse Copyright Law?: Article about Eldred v. Reno case to overturn the copyright extension act. By Joyce Slaton. [Wired] (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,17327,00.html All Roads Lead to Rome 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] (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&cid=1031119055342&p=1020498309075 Eldred v. Ashcroft: A Primer 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] (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/technology/articles/eldredprimer_100902.htm Supreme Court: Eldred v. Ashcroft Supreme Court: Eldred v. Ashcroft: Official text of the decision upholding the copyright extension act, in PDF format. (801K) (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/02pdf/01-618.pdf Strangling Culture with a Copyright 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.] (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://query.nytimes.com/search/abstract?res=FA0D1FF7395B0C768EDDAD0894D0494D81 Let the Stories Go 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.] (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/30/opinion/30LESS.html Righting Copywrongs Righting Copywrongs: "Maybe we ought to stop coddling the Scrooge McDucks and free Steamboat Willie." By James Surowiecki. [New Yorker] (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://www.newyorker.com/THE_TALK_OF_THE_TOWN/CONTENT/?020121ta_talk_surowiecki Opposing Copyright Extension Opposing Copyright Extension: Resources and information about legal and court cases challenging the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Law. (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://www.law.asu.edu/HomePages/Karjala/OpposingCopyrightExtension/ The Mouse That Ate the Public Domain 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] (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/07/0029229