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Chuck Sims is an attorney who specializes in First Amendment law; he also represented the Motion Picture Association of America in its successful DMCA lawsuit against 2600 magazine in the DeCSS case. See background: http://www.politechbot.com/p-03826.html Previous Politech message, with links to opinions from today's ruling: http://www.politechbot.com/p-04316.html -Declan --- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 13:27:07 -0500 From: "Charles Sims" <CSims@proskauer.com> To: declan@well.com Subject: "Copyright bargain" RIP Declan: Larry lost, but creators and the public won. Moreover Larry (and his crew of 38 law professor regular amici) didn't just lose they lost a lot: they dragged down their central analytic tool, the "copyright bargain" or "quid pro quo" argument that they make in every context (but which the Supreme Court has never accepted), down to defeat, with Justice Ginsburg cabining it to the patent context, where it arose and belongs. Charles S. Sims Proskauer Rose LLP 1585 Broadway New York, NY 10036 212.969.3950 tel. 212.969.2900 fax csims@proskauer.com --- [Also I'm attaching this statement from the MPAA below. --Declan] STATEMENT BY JACK VALENTI President and CEO, Motion Picture Association of America On the Supreme Court Ruling on Eldred v. Ashcroft We are pleased that the Court has reaffirmed the absolute authority of Congress to set copyright terms. We have always maintained and the law has long-recognized that copyright, whose aim it is to provide incentive for the creation and preservation of creative works, is in the public interest. That is why this ruling is a victory not solely for rights holders but also for consumers everywhere. January 15, 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------