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starts with
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creator's work can be shared and is
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sharing and accessing content is
easier than ever, but copyright limits
this access.
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1998 "The Law" by smlp.co.uk is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a
copy of this license, visit
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The extension of copyright terms
directly affected the internet
publisher, Eric Eldred, one of several
The Sonny Bono Copyright Term parties that relied on the public
Extension Act (CTEA) was passed by domain for their work that challenged
the United States Congress, the constitutionality of the law.
extending the terms of copyright to
Represented by Lawrence Lessig,
equal the life of the creator plus 70
the case was argued before the
years.
Supreme Court
but in the end the
While similar to laws in some other
countries, this lengthened the time
before a work would end up in the
2002 challenge was
unscessfull.
public domain and freely available to
use to create new works. In response to Eldred's attempt to
increase access to creative works,
Lessig helped found an organization
called Creative Commons.
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