CIS represents the plaintiffs, including a music conductor in Golan v. Ashcroft, a case challenging Congress’s “restoration” of copyrights to works that have passed into the public domain. The government moved to dismiss Golan on the basis of the Supreme Court's ruling in Eldred v. Ashcroft. Today the District Court (opinion) rejected the government’s motion, and, while striking an Eldred-related claim, refused to dismiss the other 3 counts of the complaint.
“Lawrence Golan, the conductor of the University of Denver's Lamont Symphony, and the other artists involved will get their chance to show how severely they have been harmed by Congress's removal of numerous artistic works from the public domain by the grant of so-called ‘restored’ copyrights.” said Professor of Law at Ohio State University, Edward Lee, one of the attorneys for the Plaintiffs.