[QuadList] OT: this article 'Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright...

[COURYHOUSE at aol.com]

I think most  quad  people deal with copyright issues    all the  time...
 
 
In a message dated 1/23/2012 12:16:37 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
ted at quadvideotapegroup.com writes:

(Please remember to mark subjects OT—Off  Topic—when it doesn't have 
anything to do with Quad Videotape and closely  related subjects.  Makes it 
easier for folks to sort what they choos read  according to content.  I'll make 
more effort to do the same and set a  good example.  Thanks.  Ted)


The decision has to do with Congress aligning US copyright of foreign  
works with the Berne Convention, to which the US is a signatory. 



The American Bar Association's page, with the background briefs and  
arguments is here:
_http://www.americanbar.org/publications/preview_home/10-545.html_ 
(http://www.americanbar.org/publications/preview_home/10-545.html) 



A more informative story than the Wired one might be this one from  
Bloomberg:
_http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-23/copyrights-on-foreign-works-uph
eld-by-u-s-supreme-court.html_ 
(http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-23/copyrights-on-foreign-works-upheld-by-u-s-supreme-court.html) 



Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a federal  
copyright-extension law that removed millions of foreign-produced books,  movies and 
musical pieces from the public domain. 
The 6-2 ruling, issued today in Washington, will affect rights to  works by 
Alfred Hitchcock, Pablo Picasso, Igor Stravinsky and J.R.R. Tolkien.  The 
decision is a victory for the film and music industries and a setback for  
Google Inc., which may lose access to materials for its digital-book project  
under the law. 
The justices rejected arguments from orchestra conductors,  educators, 
performers, film archivists and movie distributors. They argued  that the 1994 
law violates the constitutional provision that lets Congress set  up a 
copyright system, as well as the Constitution’s free-speech  guarantee. 
The case is Golan v. Holder, 10-545. 
Washington Post has coverage here:


_http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/supreme-court-copyright-can-be-exten
ded-to-foreign-works-once-in-public-domain/2012/01/18/gIQAbqbr8P_story.html_
 
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/supreme-court-copyright-can-be-extended-to-foreign-works-once-in-public-domain/2012/01/18/gIQAbqbr8P_story.html
) 






 
On Jan 22, 2012, at 9:22 PM, _COURYHOUSE at aol.com_ 
(mailto:COURYHOUSE at aol.com)  wrote:

 
this is curious.....   actually... this reeks!   Ed#  
this article 'Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright Public  Domain 
Works':



_http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/scotus-re-copyright-decision/_ 
(http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/scotus-re-copyright-decision/) 



 
 





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