9th Circuit rejects constitutional challenge to copyright laws in Kahle v. Gonzales

Some sad news to report: the 9th Circuit has rejected constitutional challenges to the copyright laws in Kahle v. Gonzales. The opinion is here. Sad, yes, but also positively maddening, for reasons I will explain shortly.

First, a bit of background: Plaintiffs in this case -- the Internet Archive and its Chairman, Brewster Kahle, and the Prelinger Film Archive and its President, Richard Prelinger -- filed suit seeking a declaratory judgment that ... Full Story »

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by Pierre-Marie Coupry - Oct. 1, 2008

Very interesting analysis of the burdens the current US copyright law puts on a some non-profit educational projects through an overprotection of a vast majority of published works. .

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