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Case Survives Motion to Dismiss!

By Stanford Center for Internet and Society on March 16, 2004 at 10:34 AM

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.

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