Supreme Court rules Congress can re-copyright public domain works

frostfortytwo:

radmax:

Congress may take books, musical compositions and other works out of the public domain, where they can be freely used and adapted, and grant them copyright status again, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

In a 6-2 ruling, the court ruled that just because material enters the public domain, it is not “territory that works may never exit.”

There is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of men for this treachery…

That is such bullshit. And against the very essence of copyright. Plus it gives Congress way too much power. SCOTUS fail indeed. Lawrence Lessig is giving the biggest sigh of his life right now.

Source: prchtshrk

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  7. kit-pocket reblogged this from mayra-quijotesca and added:
    “some restriction on expression is the inherent and intended effect of every grant of copyright.”...
  8. ladyofinsanity reblogged this from ionosphere-negate and added:
    One didn’t vote and it would still be valid, no matter what.
  9. ionosphere-negate reblogged this from randomlinktime and added:
    This is bullshit. The article says 6 to 2, when EVERYONE knows that all Supreme Court rulings have NINE judges present.
  10. randomlinktime reblogged this from sillyunicorntime and added:
    I can’t even formulate a decent response. All of these fucking copyright bills lately are just getting absurd.
  11. sillyunicorntime reblogged this from aardvarkjuice and added:
    I fucking give up.
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  15. greeneyes09 reblogged this from eddplant and added:
    What. The. Fuck.
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  20. fileacomplaint reblogged this from incoldblood and added:
    Well that’s just peachy.
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  24. brenda-the-bat reblogged this from eddplant and added:
    Can I move to the UK now? Or Canada? Will they even accept me after all this bullshit? ):
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  29. murasakiame reblogged this from nedhepburn and added:
    Wtf? Oh come on, it’s on public domain for a reason.
  30. eirian84 reblogged this from devonwood and added:
    Then WTF’s the point of having an expiration on a copyright in the 1st place?! JFC.
  31. improbabletruth reblogged this from eddplant and added:
    Congress shouldn’t have the power to re-copyright things. That power should rest in the hands of the creator or his/her...
  32. pluckypalaeontologist reblogged this from queer-tier and added:
    UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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  34. grydo2life reblogged this from chuchurei and added:
    Jesus fucking Christ. I wonder how many choir and music programs this is going to kill. So many schools already have...
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  36. chuchurei reblogged this from devonwood and added:
    Everyone can say bye-bye to public domain sheet music and art in general. As if schools didn’t fuck over our creativity...
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  41. blahniggersblah reblogged this from lahone and added:
    So I guess public shit can’t stay public. Come on, America. Like, come on.
  42. sunshineflying-hasanewaccount reblogged this from blanana and added:
    More frustrating than the sheer stupidity of this is the fact that this negates like 75% of what I learned in one of my...