{"id":28301,"date":"2012-06-15T13:38:53","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T19:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/15\/what-old-is-newly-copyrighted-again.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T10:58:15","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T17:58:15","slug":"what-old-is-newly-copyrighted-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/15\/what-old-is-newly-copyrighted-again.html","title":{"rendered":"What Old is New(ly Copyrighted) Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCOTUS rules that Congress can re-copyright works that had fallen into the public domain here in the US — in this case to comply with the Berne convention.<\/p>\n

Far be it from me to agree with anything Sameul Alito says, but …<\/p>\n

In dissent, Justices Stephen Breyer and Samuel Alito said the legislation goes against the theory of copyright and \u201cdoes not encourage anyone to produce a single new work.\u201d Copyright, they noted, was part of the Constitution to promote the arts and sciences.<\/i><\/p>\n

Anthony Falzone, executive director of the Fair Use Project at Stanford University and a plaintiff\u2019s lawyer in the case, called the decision \u201cunfortunate\u201d and said it \u201csuggests *Congress is not required to pay particularly close attention to the interests of the public when it passes copyright laws.*\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

(Emphasis mine.)<\/p>\n

Which should come as no surprise, because when it comes to copyright and intellectual property issues, Congress' primary priorities have for many years been corporate copyright holders, not the general public.<\/p>\n

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