Supreme Court Hears Copyright-Protection Case

By ANDREA L. FOSTER

Washington

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical of both sides of a copyright debate during oral arguments this month in the case of Eldred v. Ashcroft. The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, which in 1998 added 20 years of copyright protection to creative works.

The act is supported by the...

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