FC: Weekly column: Geeks should watch Eldred copyright case

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

If you're planning to attend the hearing, check out:
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/visiting/visitorsguidetooralargument.pdf

The Internet Archive bookmobile will be in town:
http://www.archive.org/texts/bookmobile.php

-Declan

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http://news.com.com/2010-1071-960918.html
   
   Perspective: Coming to terms with copyright
   By Declan McCullagh 
   October 7, 2002, 4:00 AM PT

   Anyone interested in the future direction of technology should pay
   attention to a case the U.S. Supreme Court will hear when the new
   session begins this week.
   
   Technically, the oral arguments on Wednesday are about the fate of a
   federal law called the Copyright Term Extension Act, which extends the
   duration of all U.S. copyrights for 20 years.
   
   A group of artists and moviemakers sued to overturn the law, saying
   they had hoped to make use of materials that were in the public
   domain--but found they no longer could because of the longer duration
   of each copyright. 

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