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Kahle v Ashcroft Appeal Filed

Posted by samzenpus on from the fight-the-power dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive has announced that the appeal of Kahle vs. Ashcroft has been filed. Here is the appeal. Kahle vs. Ashcroft concerns the constitutionality of changing from an opt-in copyright system (which existed for almost 200 years in the US) to the current opt-out system, where every doodle on a piece of paper is copyrighted for 95 years. Yes, they used the word doodle in their appeal. Previous stories here, here, and here."

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  1. Re:You mean... by Leo+McGarry · · Score: 0, Troll

    No, that's not a "solution," it's a fucking prank. In case you're wondering, it's shit like that that makes content creators so unbelievably hostile to people who call for changes to copyright law. Because most of them are just trying to find a way to screw people out of their content.