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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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