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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Extending Copyright to Unprotected Works to Comply with Berne Convention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

John R. Crook
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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
Information
American Journal of International Law , Volume 106 , Issue 2 , April 2012 , pp. 378 - 380
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2012

References

1 Justice Ginsburg wrote for the Court; Justice Breyer, joined by Justice Alito, dissented. Justice Kagan did not participate.

2 Adam Liptak, Public Domain Works Can Be Copyrighted Anew, Supreme Court Rules, N.Y. Times, Jan. 19, 2012, at B12.

3 Adam Liptak, Once in the Public’s Hands, Now Back in Picasso’s, N.Y. Times, Mar. 22, 2011, at A16; Adam Liptak, In Supreme Court Argument, A Rock Legend Plays a Role, N.Y. Times, Oct. 7, 2011, at B2.

4 U.S. CONST, art. I, §8, cl. 8 (“Congress shall have Power. . . [t] o promote the Progress of Science... by securing for limited Times to Authors. . . the exclusive Right to their . . . Writings.”).

5 Robert Barnes, Copyright Case Will Decide Fate of Millions of Once-Public Works, Wash. Post, Oct. 5, 2011, at A3.

6 Golan v. Holder, 132 S.Ct. 873, 875 (2012).

7 Id. at 884 (parallel citations omitted).

8 Id. at 891-92 (footnotes omitted).