Comments on: Copyright decision paves way for Mickey Mouse Act challenge? http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/copyright-decision-provides-a-basis-for-challenging-mickey-mouse-act/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:22:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Is U.S. Copyright Law Hurting Wikipedia? (Using public domain images on web pages) | TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/copyright-decision-provides-a-basis-for-challenging-mickey-mouse-act/comment-page-1/#comment-1089010 Is U.S. Copyright Law Hurting Wikipedia? (Using public domain images on web pages) | TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:38:21 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=7085#comment-1089010 [...] See also  this report about last week’s Golan vs. Gonzales copyright decision, and read my comment below about how it may affect the usage of [...] [...] See also  this report about last week’s Golan vs. Gonzales copyright decision, and read my comment below about how it may affect the usage of [...]

]]> By: John Mark Ockerbloom http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/copyright-decision-provides-a-basis-for-challenging-mickey-mouse-act/comment-page-1/#comment-525204 John Mark Ockerbloom Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:50:05 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=7085#comment-525204 Of course, _Eldred_, the case cited by the 10th circuit, was the very case that upheld the "Mickey Mouse" extension in the first place. I've never heard of a case where someone was able to get the Supreme Court to overturn a prior decision on the basis of that same decision. Mind you, overturning the URAA in itself, one possible outcome of the 10th circuit decision if it's upheld, would in itself re-establish or clarify the public domain status of a lot of work. Which I'd consider a good thing. Of course, _Eldred_, the case cited by the 10th circuit, was the very case that upheld the “Mickey Mouse” extension in the first place. I’ve never heard of a case where someone was able to get the Supreme Court to overturn a prior decision on the basis of that same decision.

Mind you, overturning the URAA in itself, one possible outcome of the 10th circuit decision if it’s upheld, would in itself re-establish or clarify the public domain status of a lot of work. Which I’d consider a good thing.

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