16.426 U.S. Supreme Court on copyright

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       [1] From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> (86)
             Subject: Supreme Court Upholds Copyright Extension

       [2] From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> (13)
             Subject: Supreme Court Documents on Copyright Term Extension

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             Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:31:58 +0000
             From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org>
             Subject: Supreme Court Upholds Copyright Extension

    NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
    News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
    from across the Community
    January 15, 2002

                   SUPREME COURT RULES 7-2 ON COPYRIGHT EXTENSION
            Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act Declared "Not Unconstitutional"

                                 Associated Press Story
    http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=509&u=/ap/20030115/ap_on_bi_ge/scotus_copyrights&printer=1

    We will be hearing more on this, but here is the first word on the
    anxiously awaited Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the
    Copyright Term Extension Act.

    David Green

    >Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 10:51:12 -0500
    >To: mclist@mediacoalition.org
    >From: David Horowitz <horowitz@mediacoalition.org>
    >>
    >
    >Supreme Court Keeps Copyright Protections
    >
    >28 minutes ago
    >
    >By GINA HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer
    >
    >WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld longstanding copyrights
    >designed to protect the profits of songs, books and cartoon characters, a
    >huge victory for Disney and other companies.
    >
    >The 7-2 ruling, while not unexpected, was a blow to Internet publishers
    >and others who wanted to make old books available online and use the
    >likenesses of a Mickey Mouse cartoon and other old creations without
    >paying high royalties.
    >
    >Hundreds of thousands of books, movies and songs were close to being
    >released into the public domain when Congress extended the copyright by 20
    >years in 1998.
    >
    >Justices said the copyright extension, named for the late Rep. Sonny Bono,
    >R-Calif., was not unconstitutional.
    >The Constitution "gives Congress wide leeway to prescribe `limited times'
    >for copyright protection and allows Congress to secure the same level and
    >duration of protection for all copyright holders, present and future,"
    >Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said from the bench.
    >
    >A contrary ruling would have cost entertainment giants like The Walt
    >Disney Co. and AOL Time Warner Inc. hundreds of millions of dollars. AOL
    >Time Warner had said that would threaten copyrights for such movies as
    >"Casablanca," "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone With the Wind."
    >
    >Also at risk of expiration was protection for the version of Mickey Mouse
    >portrayed in Disney's earliest films, such as 1928's "Steamboat Willie."
    >
    >Congress passed the copyright law after heavy lobbying from companies with
    >lucrative copyrights.
    >http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=509&u=/ap/20030115/ap_on_bi_ge/scotus_copyrights&printer=1
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    --[2]------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:32:43 +0000 From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> Subject: Supreme Court Documents on Copyright Term Extension

    NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources from across the Community January 15, 2003

    SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS COPYRIGHT TERM EXTENSION Court Documents Available http://www.copyright.gov/pr/eldred.html

    For the syllabus, the opinion of the court (by Justice Ginsburg) and the dissenting statements, by Justices Stevens and Breyer, see the above pages on the Copyright Office web site.

    David Green ===========

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