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Supreme Court Accepts Eldred Case
Patrick Fitzgerald writes: "The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to intervene in a fight over copyrights, deciding whether Congress has sided too heavily with writers and other inventors. The outcome will determine when hundreds of thousands of books, songs and movies will be freely available on the Internet or in digital libraries." Openlaw's Eldred v. Ashcroft page has more information about the case, which seeks to challenge the most recent retroactive extension of copyright terms.
The United States Supreme Court is packed with more right wing fundamentalist than a Taliban prayer meeting. They are going to side with the music and MPAA. This is all a dog and pony show. "We'll take this case up so that we can set into granit that screwing consumers is the american way."
The Generation
I'd say something witty here, but I'm not that bright.
The act was purchased by the entertainment industry in a transparent (and successful) attempt to extend the length of copywrite terms even longer. The sucker is even retroactive! Sonny Bono was nothing more than a tool of the media corporations.