Supreme Court Chooses SOPA/PIPA Protest Day To Give A Giant Midd...

Courtesy Techdirt  Wed, 01/18/2012 - 15:26

We've been talking about the Golan case, and its possible impact on culture , for years.

If you're unfamiliar with it, it's the third in a line of cases, starting with the Eldred case, to challenge aspects of copyright law as violating the First Amendment.

The key point in the case was questioning whether or not the US could take works out of the public domain and put them under copyright.

The US had argued it needed to do...

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