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Monday, October 21, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i09/09a03501.htm A Bookworm's Battle: Eric Eldred, inspired by the Internet, takes a copyright case to the Supreme Court ANDREA L. FOSTER Eric Eldred is taking on the federal government in a U.S. Supreme Court showdown that pits him, scholars, and library groups against the nation's largest media companies. At issue is whether copyright policy can accommodate both the entertainment industry and consumers, who increasingly seek to gain access to movies, songs, and books over the Internet. But here in this town of 34,000, where Scotch-Irish Presbyterians settled in 1719 to escape persecution, few people, apart from the local librarians, are aware of the high-profile court case, Eldred v. Ashcroft. Mr. Eldred, who has lived here for 25 years, is challenging the constitutionality of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, which added 20 years to copyright protection....
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