Copyright Law Upheld

Denver : CO : USA | Jan 18, 2012 at 9:15 AM PST

Source: Asian Wall Street Journal

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Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a 1994 law that granted copyright protection to a large number of foreign works that had been freely available in the public domain. The ruling was a victory for the movie, music and publishing industries, which argued that granting copyright protections for the foreign... FULL ARTICLE AT Asian Wall Street Journal

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