Strangling Culture with a Copyright Law
- Editorial by Steve Zeitlin opposing pending copyright extension. Summarizes public interest issues and notes that Disney is leading campaign along with ASCAP and Gershwin Family Trust. [New York Times] [Full text requires payment.]
- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507EED6123FF936A15757C0A96E958260

Wikipedia: Copyright Term Extension Act
- Free encyclopedia entry about the act.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act

Diamonds and Copyrights Are Forever
- Article about Eldred v. Reno's challenge to the Copyright Term Extension Act. By Thomas Claburn. [Smart Business]
- http://www.thomasclaburn.com/2002/06/diamonds_and_copyrights_are_fo.html

Let the Stories Go
- Editorial citing the lawsuit against "The Wind Done Gone" as an example of what's wrong with copyright term extension. By Lawrense Lessig. [New York Times] [Free registration required.]
- http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/30/opinion/30LESS.html

FindLaw: Eldred et al. v. Ashcroft, Attorney General
- Text of the decision, with links to other cases cited.
- http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=01-618

Supreme Court: Eldred v. Ashcroft
- Official text of the decision upholding the copyright extension act, in PDF format. (801K)
- http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/02pdf/01-618.pdf

Eldred v. Ashcroft
- Collection of materials, provided by the primary plaintiff. Includes timeline, text of court briefs, and links to articles, plaintiffs, and lawyers involved in the case.
- http://eldred.cc/eldredvashcroft.html

Lawrence Lessig Makes His Debut Before the Supreme Court
- News and forum discussion of Lawrence Lessig's arguments to the US Supreme Court in Eldred v. Ashcroft. [kuro5hin]
- http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/10/9/183742/072

Eldred v. Ashcroft Oral Arguments
- News of arguments in the case against the retroactive 20-year copyright extension and forum discussion. [Slashdot]
- http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/09/1640249

The War On Perpetual Copyright Goes To The Supreme Court
- "The Stanford University law professor filed a suit ... which alleged that Congress had overstepped its authority in passing the 1998 'Copyright Term Extension Act'." News and discussion forum. [Plastic]
- http://www.plastic.com/article.html?sid=02/10/09/22470812

Eldred v. Ashcroft: A Primer
- Summary of issue and the arguments, and links to legal documents and other resources about the case over the constitutionality of the Copyright Term Extension Act. [Washington Post]
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/technology/articles/eldredprimer_100902.htm

A Case to Define the Digital Age
- "A Supreme Court ruling on a 20-year extension of copyright protection could decide much of what Web surfers get to see, hear, and share." By Jane Black. [Business Week]
- http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2002/tc20020927_7367.htm

Why the Public Domain Is Not Just a Mickey Mouse Issue
- Comments prepared for the NINCH Copyright Town Meeting on the Public Domain at the Chicago Historical Society by Diane M. Zorich.
- http://www.ninch.org/copyright/2000/chicagozorich.html

New Rules for Using Public Domain Materials
- How to determine what is in the public domain in the US after the Copyright Term Extension Act. Discusses trademark and right of publicity issues that may burden otherwise "rights-free" materials.
- http://copylaw.com/new_articles/PublicDomain.html

The Mouse That Ate The Public Domain
- "Disney, The Copyright Term Extension Act, and Eldred v. Ashcroft." By Chris Sprigman. [FindLaw's Writ]
- http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20020305_sprigman.html

The Mouse That Ate the Public Domain
- "Antitrust lawyer Chris Sprigman has written a thoughtful column in Findlaw's Writ on the issues behind the 1998 Copyright Term Extension Act and the legal challenge (Eldred v. Ashcroft) to that law." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot]
- http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/07/0029229

Copyright Craziness
- Editorial supporting the Eldred case. "Vast quantities of creative material shouldn't be perpetually owned privately, and Congress's repeated extensions of protection to copyright holders have shredded any meaningful limit." [Washington Post]
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=opinion&contentId=A22911-2001Aug16

One Man's Challenge to Copyright Restrictions on Online Publishing
- Interview with Eric Eldred about his constitutional challenge to the Sonny Bono Act. By Andrea L. Foster. [Chronicle of Higher Education]
- http://chronicle.com/free/2001/04/2001040901t.htm

Openlaw: Golan v. Ashcroft
- Open law public forum for collaboration and discussion on the case challenging the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act and "restoration" of expired copyrights.
- http://eon.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/golanvashcroft/

Openlaw: Eldred v. Reno
- Open law public forum for collaboration and discussion on the case challenging the Bono Act's 20 year extension of the copyright terms.
- http://eon.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/eldredvreno/

When Is Art Free?
- Article presenting both sides of the term extension debate. By Gail Russell Chaddock. [Christian Science Monitor]
- http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1998/06/11/p51s1.htm

Opposing Copyright Extension
- Resources and information about legal and court cases challenging the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Law.
- http://www.law.asu.edu/HomePages/Karjala/OpposingCopyrightExtension/