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High court upholds copyrights for once-free work

Associated Press

  January 19, 2012

The Supreme Court upheld a law yesterday giving US copyright protection to paintings by Pablo Picasso, films of Alfred Hitchcock, music from Igor Stravinsky, and millions of other works by foreign artists that had been freely available. The justices said in a 6-2 decision that Congress acted within its power when it extended protection to works that had been in the public domain.

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