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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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] (October 9, 2002)
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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] (October 9, 2002)
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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] (October 9, 2002)
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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] (September 27, 2002)
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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] (September 4, 2002)
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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] (March 7, 2002)
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- Righting Copywrongs - - "Maybe we ought to stop coddling the Scrooge McDucks and free Steamboat Willie." By James Surowiecki. [New Yorker] (January 14, 2002)
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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] (August 17, 2001)
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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.] (April 30, 2001)
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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] (May 25, 2000)
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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.] (April 25, 1999)
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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] (January 13, 1999)
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- When Is Art Free? - - Article presenting both sides of the term extension debate. By Gail Russell Chaddock. [Christian Science Monitor] (June 11, 1998)
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