June 21, 2002

Academic Groups File Papers Supporting Online Publisher's Challenge of Copyright Act

A diverse collection of professors and academic groups has filed briefs with the Supreme Court in support of Eric Eldred, an online publisher who is challenging the constitutionality of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.

The legal briefs say that the act gives copyright holders too much control over the dissemination of creative works, constraining the ability of scholars and teachers to discuss and study literature, art, and movies.

In his lawsuit, Eldred v.

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