U.S. Supreme Court
Jan. 20, 2012
High court upholds copyright law for foreign works
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a copyright law Wednesday that gives legal protection to millions of works by foreign authors that had been available for use free of charge.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a copyright law Wednesday giving legal protection to millions of works by foreign authors that had been available for use free of charge.
The court ruled 6-2 that Congress has the authority to take works out of the public domain.
The law at issue was passed to implement an international intellectual property treaty by granting copyrights to forei...
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