Conductors Pose First Challenge to Copyright Law

Conductors Pose First Challenge to Copyright Law

Ed Lee is quoted and Larry Lessig mentioned in a story from the National Law Journal about a lawsuit that "is apparently the first constitutional challenge to a 7-year-old federal copyright law, plaintiffs, including two orchestra conductors, are challenging the law, which grants copyright protection to foreign works that were formerly in the public domain. Plaintiffs claim that the Uruguay Round Agreements Act prevents them from performing works by notable foreign composers by making the royalty fees cost-prohibitive." Ed, Larry and others are representing the plaintiffs.