Author
David Kravets
Description
This article describes a Supreme Court decision from 2012, where the court decided 6-2 that the public domain status of a work is not necessarily permanent and can be reversed by Congress.
Date
2012 January 18
Publisher
Conde Nast
Publication Title
Wired
Jurisdiction
United States
Language
ENG
Copyright Information
In Copyright
Rights and Reuse
All Rights Reserved
Cortex Citation:
David Kravets, “Supreme Court says Congress may re-copyright public domain works,” Copyright Cortex, accessed October 18, 2026, https://copyright-cortex.org/policy-evidence/supreme-court-says-congress-may-re-copyright-public-domain-works.
David Kravets, “Supreme Court says Congress may re-copyright public domain works,” Copyright Cortex, accessed October 18, 2026, https://copyright-cortex.org/policy-evidence/supreme-court-says-congress-may-re-copyright-public-domain-works.