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Harvard Law School professors Charles R. Nesson ’60 and Jonathan L. Zittrain argued before the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday that a congressional act creating stricter copyright laws is unconstitutional and hinders academic progress...
...case—Eldred v. Ashcroft—will determine the constitutionality of the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA), which prevents the free dissemination of copyrighted material for 20 more years than past legislation had. Under the act, new copyright terms will last the life of a work’s author plus 70 years; renewed copyrights will last 95 years...
Along with co-counsel Lawrence Lessig, a Stanford professor who used to teach at Harvard Law School, they told the court that CTEA violates the Constitution’s Copyright Clause, which states that the work of authors and inventors may be protected by government copyrights only for “limited terms...
...million, alleging that they are owed back royalties for helping him write 25 songs, including many of his signature hits such as Get Up Offa That Thing. They were apparently as precocious as Mozart, since they were 3 and 6 at the time. Their names do appear on the copyright, but Brown has yet to deliver any cash...
Certainly, copyright costs are high and books are expensive—but it is difficult for students to become excited about a class when they spend more time scavenging for the readings than actually perusing the material. Professors truly interested in generating enthusiasm for their courses should make greater efforts to help students acquire the material—either by creating sourcebooks or by putting multiple copies of readings on reserve at the libraries. Powerful ideas should echo in the heads of graduating seniors—not the humming and clicking of a busy photocopier...