Yesterday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that could determine whether or not Congress can remove works from the public domain and place them under copyright.At issue is a ruling from the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled in July against a group of orchestra conductors, educators, publishers, and film archivists, whose professional lives rely on public domain works. The plaintiffs filed suit in response to Congress' decision to remove several non-American artistic works from the public domain, in order to comply with an international copyright agreement known as the Berne Convention. The works, which include Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis,' and musical compilations from Igor Stravinsky, had been under public domain in the U.S. but were still copyright protected overseas.
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Supreme Court to Determine Congress' Authority to Copyright Public Domain Works originally appeared on Switched on Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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