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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...