This week, I testified about the issue of copyright term – the question of how long copyright protection should last – at a hearing held by the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, ...

In a spirited debate worth billions of dollars to the entertainment biz, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed disinclined to scrap a 1998 law extending the life of copyrights by 20 years — a ...

As an extension of an effort spearheaded by Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) last year, the Copyright Clause Restoration Act of 2023 (H.R.576) was recently introduced ...

Chairman Coble, Ranking Member, and Members of the Subcommittee, my name is Tom Sydnor, and I thank you for asking me to testify during your historic efforts to lead what future scholars should call ...

The term of protection for sound recordings in the European Union will be extended from 50 to 95 years, under proposals announced by Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy on February 14 The ...

The US Supreme Court has upheld the copyright extension act in a vote of 7-2. The act established a 20-year extension on copyrighted works dating back to 1920, but it was challenged in the courts on ...