tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383512304639632735.post8569712269105026810..comments2024-01-23T07:34:52.253-08:00Comments on Copyrights & Campaigns: 10th Cir.: Restoring copyright protection to public domain works does not violate First AmendmentBen Sheffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06477793715765992689noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383512304639632735.post-38812409453188575172010-06-22T08:58:46.275-07:002010-06-22T08:58:46.275-07:00"I think any First Amendment challenge to a c..."I think any First Amendment challenge to a copyright statute is a real longshot in light of Eldred v. Ashcroft."<br /><br />Concur. Hence, were I a betting man I would not bet on cert. being almost a "given".<br /><br />Having read some comments and "rants" on other sites near and dear to your heart, I do have to wonder if those making such comments and rants truly understand the specific types of works to which restoration in the US applies, as well as the impact of such restoration on the rights of US authors in foreign countrie.?<br /><br />While I have not given the matter any great thought, it is interesting that so many perceive "public domain" as a bedrock principle that can never be touched by Congress. In a very broad sense I have never viewed the "public domain" as an immutable right, but as a consequence of the expiry copyright.<br /><br />All in all, a very interesting "clash" of views raising issues that I daresay most uninitiated in copyright law take for granted. In a more crude manner of expression, conventional wisdom in my experience is rarely conventional.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com