SCOTUS confirmed that Congress also has the right to bring works currently in the public domain back into copyrighted status. So if SOPA/PIPA pass we have to worry about current violations and future unknown violations should Congress decide to re-copyright a work. Next up, the Department of the Interior will relocate us all to caves so we can stare at shadows on the wall and pretend they are real.
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SCOTUS confirmed that Congress also has the right to bring works currently in the public domain back into copyrighted status. So if SOPA/PIPA pass we have to worry about current violations and future unknown violations should Congress decide to re-copyright a work. Next up, the Department of the Interior will relocate us all to caves so we can stare at shadows on the wall and pretend they are real.