The Public Domain Enhancement Actrestored copyrights
May 21, 2004
Golan v. Ashcroft is a lawsuit challenging Congress's removal of thousands of works from the public domain. In 1994, Congress enacted a copyright provision under § 514 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act that removes many foreign works from the public domain and grants them "restored" copyrights. The law, which is codified at 17 U.S.C. §§ 104A and 109(a), takes away the public's long held rights to freely use these works -- which are now controlled by "restored" copyright holders.
The lawyers are looking for examples where people wanted to use a work that had been in the public domain, but whose copyright was restored, preventing the use. You can submit your stories, and/or read other peoples stories here.
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