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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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]
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2002/tc20020927_7367.htm
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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=103111905534....
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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
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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
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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/
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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....
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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
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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/
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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
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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/
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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
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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
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Copyright's Crusade
Extensive article on the background of the Eldred case challenging the constitutionality of term
extensions, including how much the media companies have contributed to the political war chests of
key congressional players. By Daren Fonda. [Boston Globe]
http://www.boston.com/globe/magazine/8-29/featurestory1.shtml
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Wikipedia: Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act
Free encyclopedia entry about the act.
http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Sonny_Bono_Copyright_Term_Extension_Act
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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
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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/
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