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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
Further, part of the idea is that these works should have been protected all along, and was not because the US was not upholding its obligations to Berne. It's not that the works were once protected, and new protection was imposed; it's more like the government recognizing it had a responsibility all along to offer copyright protection. I.e. the SCOTUS is saying that with URAA/CTEA, Congress restored the copyrights to the proper owners.
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Yes, that's precisely that point that I was making, too.