Politech: FC: BusinessWeek on Supreme Court copyright extension hearing

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 13:22:09 -1000
Subject: Submission
From: Alex Salkever <alex_salkever () businessweek com>
To: declan () well com

Hi, Declan:

This about the upcoming Supreme's hearing on the Mickey Mouse Copyright Act.

<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2002/tc20020927_7367.htm>http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2002/tc20020927_7367.htm 


Alex Salkever
Technology Editor/BusinessWeek Online
212.512.3582

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<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2002/tc20020927_7367.htm>http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2002/tc20020927_7367.htm 

   SEPTEMBER 27, 2002
   COMMENTARY
   By Jane Black
   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

   So far, there's little doubt who's winning the digital copyright wars.
   In the courts, the Big Five record labels have squashed Napster and
   copycat file-sharing services Aimster and Audio Galaxy. On Capitol
   Hill, Hollywood has launched a lobbying assault to pass two bills, one
   that would mandate copyright protection in all new consumer
   electronics and another that would permit copyright owners to hack
   into consumers' personal computers if the copyright holders suspect
   illegal activity. Their strategy is straightforward: Follow our rules,
   or we destroy you.
   In theory, that could all change on Oct. 9, when the U.S. Supreme
   Court will hear the case of Eldred v. Ashcroft. It's a challenge to
   the controversial 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA),
   which lengthened copyright terms by 20 years, stretching them to 70
   years after an artist's death.

   [...]




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