Word: congress
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While he stressed that Congress has passed retroactive copyright extensions before, Lessig said CTEA is the first to be contested...
Originally proposed by the late Rep. Sonny Bono(R-Calif.), CTEA was sponsored in the Congress byRep. Mary Bono, who won her husband's seat afterhis death in 1997. President Clinton signed thebill into law after its passage...
First, they said, Congress is limited in itspower to grant copyright protection...
...Constitution authorizes Congress to giveout copyrights in order to provide an incentivefor creativity, Nesson said...
Some are worried that the economy will falter if Clinton is removed, but that is giving the president too much credit for the decisions of Alan Greenspan. Finally, the most justified concern: some are afraid that the president's conviction would strengthen the hold of conservative Republicans over Congress. But the Democrats would be in a stronger position to keep the right wing in check if we had an honest leader in the Oval Office...