Bad News

Looks like the Supreme Court upheld the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act. This is a terrible precedent and is exceedingly bad news for the future of the public domain. Look for the next extension sometime in 2017.

Ignore your rights and they'll go away.

Via Boing Boing: Read the majority opinion and the two dissenting opinions (Stevens' and Breyer's).

January 15, 2003 - 10:42 AM