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Disney Wins, Eldred (and everyone else) Loses

Posted by michael on from the copyright-is-permanent dept.

hondo77 writes "In a 7-2 decision, The Supreme Court gave Disney what they wanted. Story just broke, no details yet." They're talking about the Eldred case, recently argued before the Supreme Court and mentioned on Slashdot many times. The upshot is that no works produced in the United States after the 1920's will ever go out of copyright. Opinions: Majority opinion, Stevens' dissent, Breyer's dissent.

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  1. Re:Clarence Thomas book deal reached with HarperCo by DAldredge · · Score: 2, Redundant

    MODS: This is not flamebait. This just happend less than 7 days ago. Follow the damn link and see.

    What happend to conflict of interest?

    "Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will receive more than $1 million for his memoirs from publisher HarperCollins.

    Multiple publishers vied for the rights to Thomas' autobiography, which he started writing in 2001, but Thomas liked the package offered by the New York-based HarperCollins, including the editor assigned to work with him, people in the publishing industry with knowledge of the deal said Thursday.

    The amount of the deal was not revealed, except that it was in seven figures. "

    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/ ne ws/archive/2003/01/09/financial1022EST0075.DTL&typ e=books

  2. Once again by BigBir3d · · Score: 2, Redundant

    I petition a change in the naming of this country:

    United Corporations of America