Eldred v. Reno
Plaintiffs Legal Background Legal Documents Openlaw CTEA CTEA in the News Copyright's Commons Contacts Home		L E G A L   I N F O R M A T I O N "To promote the Progress of Science and the useful Arts, by securing for limited times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries." -- United States Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 Copyrights A brief history of copyright law A list of all renewed 1923 book copyrights. A more detailed look at copyrights What was the intent of the Constitutional Framers? Teresa Ou, From Wheaton v. Peters to Eldred v. Reno: An Originalist Interpretation of the Copyright Clause Public Trust Doctrine What is public trust doctrine? What is the relevance of public trust doctrine to CTEA? New Property The Internet and the Public Trust Constitutional Arguments CTEA Purpose European Union Directive Last modified November 21, 1999. Berkman Center for Internet & Society