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<DIV>I think most quad people deal with copyright issues
all the time...</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 1/23/2012 12:16:37 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
ted@quadvideotapegroup.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">(Please remember to mark subjects OT—Off
Topic—when it doesn't have anything to do with Quad Videotape and closely
related subjects. Makes it easier for folks to sort what they choos read
according to content. I'll make more effort to do the same and set a
good example. Thanks. Ted)</DIV>
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<DIV>The decision has to do with Congress aligning US copyright of foreign
works with the Berne Convention, to which the US is a signatory. </DIV>
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<DIV>The American Bar Association's page, with the background briefs and
arguments is here:</DIV>
<DIV><A title=http://www.americanbar.org/publications/preview_home/10-545.html
href="http://www.americanbar.org/publications/preview_home/10-545.html">http://www.americanbar.org/publications/preview_home/10-545.html</A></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>A more informative story than the Wired one might be this one from
Bloomberg:</DIV>
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title=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-23/copyrights-on-foreign-works-upheld-by-u-s-supreme-court.html
href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-23/copyrights-on-foreign-works-upheld-by-u-s-supreme-court.html">http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-23/copyrights-on-foreign-works-upheld-by-u-s-supreme-court.html</A></DIV>
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class=indent>Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a federal
copyright-extension law that removed millions of foreign-produced books,
movies and musical pieces from the public domain.</P>
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class=indent>The 6-2 ruling, issued today in Washington, will affect rights to
works by Alfred Hitchcock, Pablo Picasso, Igor Stravinsky and J.R.R. Tolkien.
The decision is a victory for the film and music industries and a setback for
Google Inc., which may lose access to materials for its digital-book project
under the law.</P>
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class=indent>The justices rejected arguments from orchestra conductors,
educators, performers, film archivists and movie distributors. They argued
that the 1994 law violates the constitutional provision that lets Congress set
up a copyright system, as well as the Constitution’s free-speech
guarantee.</P>
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class=indent>The case is Golan v. Holder, 10-545.</P>
<DIV>Washington Post has coverage here:</DIV>
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class=Apple-style-span><A
title=http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/supreme-court-copyright-can-be-extended-to-foreign-works-once-in-public-domain/2012/01/18/gIQAbqbr8P_story.html
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/supreme-court-copyright-can-be-extended-to-foreign-works-once-in-public-domain/2012/01/18/gIQAbqbr8P_story.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/supreme-court-copyright-can-be-extended-to-foreign-works-once-in-public-domain/2012/01/18/gIQAbqbr8P_story.html</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>On Jan 22, 2012, at 9:22 PM, <A title=mailto:COURYHOUSE@aol.com
href="mailto:COURYHOUSE@aol.com">COURYHOUSE@aol.com</A> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV>this is curious..... actually... this reeks!
Ed# </DIV>
<DIV>this article 'Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright Public
Domain Works':<BR></DIV>
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title=http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/scotus-re-copyright-decision/
href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/scotus-re-copyright-decision/">http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/scotus-re-copyright-decision/</A></DIV></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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