Re: [dvd-discuss] Hey Eric,

http://search.npr.org/cf/cmn/cmnpd01fm.cfm?PrgDate=10/04/2000&PrgID=2 All Things Considered October 4, 2000

The Public Publisher

Eric Eldred started the online Eldritch Press to make available literature that had lapsed into the public domain, yet lacked the sales potential that would attract commercial publishers. Then Congress passed the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act, and many of the works he'd published came out of the public domain and back under copyright. Eldritch filed suit, claiming the act erodes the Constitution's demand for limited copyright terms and a robust public domain. Appellate arguments begin in August. NPR's Rick Karr has an advance look at the case. (9:00)

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I missed it live and have to get some sleep because I'm going
to D.C. for the day to listen to the 20 minutes of oral args
in the appeal.  So I'll have to wait until the archive is 
available.  If anybody is near the U.S. Capitol Thursday
morning Oct 5, drop by the Courthouse one block west and I'll 
shake your hand.  If there is a big enough crowd we can 
picket the Copyright Office as well as the Capitol.  Oh,
we won't be burning any books (unlike the British in 1812), 
even e-books, just trying to educate the judges and public.