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The copyright extension law had been challenged by a group of Internet publishers and other small businesses hop
stanley cup ing to use hundreds of thousands of books, movies and songs due to be released into the public domain before Congress passed the 20-year extension in 1998. The group challenged the constitutionality of the law and claimed that it limited free speech and harmed the creative process.The 7-2 high court ruling in favor the extension is a victory for companies such as Disney Corporation that own familiar cultural icons such as original versio
stanley cup ns of the Mickey Mouse cartoon character that would have cost the companies millions in lost royalties had they entered the public domain.Media conglomerate AOL Time Warner also benefits from the court decision since well-known movies the company owns, such as Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind, would have also entered the public domain without
stanley cup the extension.With the 1998 extension, the copyright period now lasts 70 years after the death of the creator, while works owned by corporations are now protected for 95 years. Congress has extended copyright terms 11 times over the past 40 years.Opponents say the law unfairly restricts public access to published works and other copyrighted material.It like going to each shelf and taking off anything published after 1922, putting it into a locked closet, and telling readers they will have to pay m Ogfh Short on cash, cities and states consider taxing nonprofits
WASHINGTON 鈥?President Barack Obama announcement of sweeping changes to the nation immigration system is likely to lead to a battle over their legality. Is he on solid legal ground For months, the White House and Obama supporters have insisted that he has the authority to direct immigration authori
stanley cup ties to exercise discretion in deciding which immigrants in the country illegally will face deportation and which won ;t.The actions I ;m taking are not only lawful, they ;re the kinds of actions taken by every single Republican president and every Democratic president for the past half century, Obama said Thursday night.But Republicans in Congress disagree with the White House view. They ;re calling Obama plan an unconstitutional power grab.The president seems intent on prov
jordan oking a constitutional crisis by adopting policies that he previously said were illegal, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said.Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Congress will act to stop the president executive actions when his party takes control of the Senate in January.Among those being protected from deportation under Obama plan are the parents of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents, roughly 4.1 million people.A senior administration official said Thursday that the decision to protect this group is in line with existing law that allows adult citizens to spon
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