Something in the public domain? Congress can put it back under copyright.

[thewayne]

Even if you explicitly put it in the public domain. So now Congress knows best.

This is so far beyond bad that it defies description. It's official: Mickey Mouse has won, the ??AA own Congress.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100621/2320049908.shtml

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/06/22/1724254/Court-Takes-Away-Some-of-the-Public-Domain

Comments

[silveradept]

Pretty much. And I'm not sure whether SCOTUS will do the right thing. They seem to be very fond of singing "Duloc is a perfect place."