Eldred v. Ashcroft
United States Supreme Court
537 U.S. 186 (2003)
Relevant factsFree
Congress passed the Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA), extending both new and existing copyright terms to the author's life plus 70 years. Eldred and other plaintiffs challenged the extension as applied to already-existing copyrights, arguing the Copyright Clause's "limited times" requirement is violated when Congress repeatedly lengthens terms that were already fixed and running.
IssueFree
Whether the Copyright Clause's requirement that copyrights be granted only for limited times bars Congress from extending the terms of copyrights that already exist.
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