eldred et al ashcroft attorney general argued october decided january copyright patent clause art cl provides copyrights congress shall power promote progress science securing authors limited times exclusive right writings copyright term extension act ctea congress enlarged duration copyrights years copyright act act copyright protection generally lasted work creation years author death ctea copyrights run creation years author death case prior copyright extensions principally congress provided application enlarged terms existing future copyrights alike petitioners whose products services build copyrighted works gone public domain brought suit seeking determination ctea fails constitutional review copyright clause limited times prescription first amendment free speech guarantee petitioners challenge ctea time span maintain congress went awry respect newly created works enlarging term published works existing copyrights limited tim effect copyright secured petitioners urge becomes constitutional boundary clear line beyond power congress extend first amendment petitioners contend ctea regulation speech fails inspection heightened judicial scrutiny appropriate regulations district entered judgment pleadings attorney general respondent holding ctea violate copyright clause limited times restriction ctea terms though longer act terms still limited perpetual therefore fit within congress discretion also held first amendment rights use copyrighted works others district columbia circuit affirmed unanimous view harper row publishers nation enterprises foreclosed petitioners first amendment challenge ctea appeals reasoned copyright impermissibly restrict free speech grants author exclusive right specific form expression shield idea fact contained copyrighted work allows fair use even expression majority also rejected petitioners copyright clause claim ruled circuit precedent precluded petitioners plea interpretation limited times prescription view clause preambular statement purpose promote progress science found nothing constitutional text history suggest term years copyright limited time may later extended another limited time recounting first congress made copyright act applicable existing copyrights arising state copyright laws held construction contemporaries constitution formation merited almost conclusive weight lithographic sarony early mcclurg kingsland appeals recognized made plain copyright clause permits congress amplify existing patent terms added similarly deferential congress judgment regarding copyright sony america universal city studios concerning petitioners assertion congress evade limitation authority stringing together unlimited number limited times stated legislative misbehavior clearly rather emphasized ctea matched baseline term copyrights european union term order meet contemporary circumstances held placing existing future copyrights parity ctea congress acted within authority transgress constitutional limitations pp ctea extension existing copyrights exceed congress power copyright clause pp guided text history precedent agree petitioners extending duration existing copyrights categorically beyond congress copyright clause authority although conceding ctea baseline term life plus years qualifies limited tim applied future copyrights petitioners contend existing copyrights extended endure term limited petitioners view time prescription set becomes forever fixed inalterable word limited however convey meaning constricted time framing limited meant means today confined within certain bounds restrained circumscribed thus understood time span appropriately limited applied future copyrights automatically cease limited applied existing copyrights comprehend scope congress copyright clause power page history worth volume logic new york trust eisner history reveals unbroken congressional practice granting authors works existing copyrights benefit term extensions copyright protection governed evenhandedly regime moreover clause empowering congress confer copyrights also authorizes patents inquiry significantly informed fact early congresses extended duration numerous individual patents well copyrights lower courts saw limited times impediment extensions although never occasion decide whether extending existing copyrights complies limited times prescription found constitutional barrier legislative expansion existing patents see mcclurg congress consistent historical practice reflects judgment author sold work week placed worse situation author sold work day enactment copyright extension ctea follows historical practice keeping act duration provisions largely place simply adding years ctea rational exercise legislative authority conferred copyright clause point defers substantially congress sony ctea reflects judgments kind congress typically makes judgments dismiss outside legislature domain key factor ctea passage european union eu directive instructing eu members establish baseline copyright term life plus years deny longer term works country whose laws secure extended term extending baseline copyright term congress sought ensure american authors receive copyright protection europe european counterparts ctea may also provide greater incentive american authors create disseminate work additionally congress passed ctea light demographic economic technological changes rationally credited projections longer terms encourage copyright holders invest restoration public distribution works pp petitioners copyright clause arguments rely several novel readings clause unpersuasive pp nothing warrants construction ctea term extension congressional attempt evade override limited times constraint critically petitioners fail show ctea crosses constitutionally significant threshold respect limited times acts earlier acts create perpetual copyrights neither ctea pp petitioners dominant series arguments premised proposition congress may extend existing copyright absent new consideration author unavailing first contention ctea extension existing copyrights overlooks requirement originality incorrectly relies feist publications rural telephone service case touch duration copyright protection rather addressed core question copyrightability explaining originality requirement feist trained copyright clause words authors writings construe limited times prescription originality requirement bearing also unavailing petitioners second argument ctea extension existing copyrights fails promote progress science stimulate creation new works merely adds value works already created justifications motivated congress enact ctea set forth supra provide rational basis concluding ctea promote progress science moreover congress unbroken practice since founding generation applying new definitions adjustments copyright term future works existing works overwhelms petitioners argument also rejected petitioners third contention ctea extension existing copyrights without demanding additional consideration ignores copyright quid pro quo whereby congress grants author original work exclusive right limited tim exchange dedication public thereafter given congress consistent placement existing copyright holders parity future holders author work created last years reasonably comprehend protection offered copyright time place protection gained also renewal extension legislated time sears roebuck stiffel bonito boats thunder craft boats involved federal patent regime contrary since neither concerned extension patent duration suggested extension might constitutionally infirm furthermore given crucial distinctions patents copyrights one extract language patent decisions language trained grant duration genuine support petitioners quid pro quo argument patents copyrights entail exchange since immediate disclosure objective exacted patentee whereas disclosure desired objective author seeking copyright protection moreover copyright gives holder monopoly knowledge fact idea grant patent prevents full use others inventor knowledge pp congruence proportionality standard review described cases evaluating exercises congress power fourteenth amendment never applied outside context hold sway judicial review legislation enacted copyright laws pursuant article authorization section authorizes congress enforce commands contained incorporated fourteenth amendment copyright clause contrast empowers congress define scope substantive right see sony appropriate subject ctea congruence proportionality review hold act unconstitutional per se pp ctea extension existing future copyrights violate first amendment amendment copyright clause adopted close time proximity indicates framers view copyright limited monopolies compatible free speech principles addition copyright law contains first amendment accommodations see harper row ctea supplements traditional first amendment safeguards two prescriptions first allows libraries similar institutions reproduce distribute copies certain published works scholarly purposes last years copyright term work already exploited commercially copies unavailable reasonable price second exempts small businesses pay performance royalties music played licensed radio television similar facilities finally petitioners reliance turner broadcasting system fcc misplaced turner broadcasting invalidated statute requiring cable television operators carry transmit broadcast stations proprietary cable systems ctea contrast oblige anyone reproduce another speech carrier instead protects authors original expression unrestricted exploitation first amendment securely protects freedom make decline make one speech bears less heavily speakers assert right make people speeches case congress altered traditional contours copyright protection first amendment scrutiny unnecessary see harper row pp affirmed ginsburg delivered opinion rehnquist scalia kennedy souter thomas joined stevens breyer filed dissenting opinions eric eldred et petitioners john ashcroft attorney general writ certiorari appeals district columbia circuit january justice ginsburg delivered opinion case concerns authority constitution assigns congress prescribe duration copyrights copyright patent clause constitution art cl provides copyrights congress shall power promote progress science securing authors limited times exclusive right writings measure inspection congress enlarged duration copyrights years copyright term extension act ctea pub stat amending case prior extensions principally congress provided application enlarged terms existing future copyrights alike petitioners individuals businesses whose products services build copyrighted works gone public domain seek determination ctea fails constitutional review copyright clause limited times prescription first amendment free speech guarantee copyright act copyright protection generally lasted work creation years author death pub stat act ctea copyrights run creation years author death petitioners challenge time span whether years enough years much acknowledge judgment meet brief petitioners congress went awry petitioners maintain respect newly created works enlarging term published works existing copyrights limited tim effect copyright secured petitioners urge becomes stitutional boundary clear line beyond power congress extend see ibid first amendment petitioners contend ctea regulation speech fails inspection heightened judicial scrutiny appropriate regulations accord district appeals reject petitioners challenges ctea legislation previous copyright term extensions congress placed existing future copyrights parity prescribing alignment hold congress acted within authority transgress constitutional limitations evaluate petitioners challenge constitutionality ctea backdrop congress previous exercises authority copyright clause nation first copyright statute enacted provided federal copyright term years date publication renewable additional years author survived first term act may ch stat act act renewable term applied existing works works already published works created yet published future works alike ibid congress expanded federal copyright term years years publication renewable additional years years years publication renewable additional years act ch stat act act mar ch stat act times congress applied new copyright term existing future works act act qualify extension existing work initial copyright term time act became effective act congress altered method computing federal copyright terms act works created identified natural persons act provided federal copyright protection run work creation acts publication protection last years author death respects act aligned copyright terms international standard adopted berne convention protection literary artistic works see anonymous works pseudonymous works works made hire act provided term years publication years creation whichever expired first new copyright terms act instructed governed works published effective date january regardless works created published works existing copyrights date act granted copyright term years date publication increase term applicable act measure issue ctea installed fourth major duration extension federal retaining general structure act ctea enlarges terms existing future copyrights years works created identified natural persons term lasts creation years author death standard harmonizes baseline copyright term term adopted european union see council directive october harmonizing term protection copyright certain related rights official eur cmty eu council directive anonymous works pseudonymous works works made hire term years publication years creation whichever expires first paralleling act ctea applies new terms works published january works published existing copyrights ctea effective date ctea extends term years publication thus common acts ctea new terms apply future existing petitioners suit challenges ctea constitutionality copyright clause first amendment judgment pleadings district entered judgment attorney general respondent supp dc held ctea violate limited times restriction copyright clause ctea terms though longer act terms still limited perpetual therefore fit within congress discretion also held first amendment rights use copyrighted works others ibid appeals district columbia circuit affirmed unanimous view harper row publishers nation enterprises foreclosed petitioners first amendment challenge ctea copyright reasoned impermissibly restrict free speech grants author exclusive right specific form expression shield idea fact contained copyrighted work allows fair use even expression majority appeals also upheld ctea petitioners contention measure exceeds congress power copyright clause specifically rejected petitioners plea interpretation limited times prescription discretely view preambular statement purpose contained copyright clause promote progress science circuit precedent schnapper foley cadc determined precluded plea regard took account petitioners acknowledgment preamble places substantive limit congress legislative power appeals found nothing constitutional text history suggest term years copyright limited time may later extended another limited time recounted first congress made copyright act applicable subsisting copyrights arising copyright laws several ibid construction congress authority copyright clause contemporary constitution formation said merited great case almost conclusive weight ibid quoting lithographic sarony early mcclurg kingsland appeals added made plain clause permits congress amplify terms existing patent appeals recognized similarly deferential judgment congress realm copyright ibid citing sony america universal city studios stewart abend concerning petitioners assertion congress might evade limitation authority stringing together unlimited number limited times appeals stated legislative misbehavior clearly situation us rather noted ctea matches baseline term copyrights terms copyrights granted european union ibid era multinational publishers instantaneous electronic transmission said harmonization regard obvious practical benefits necessary proper measure meet contemporary circumstances rather step way making copyrights perpetual ibid judge sentelle dissented part concluded congress lacks power copyright clause expand copyright terms existing works appeals subsequently denied rehearing rehearing en banc granted certiorari address two questions whether ctea extension existing copyrights exceeds congress power copyright clause whether ctea extension existing future copyrights violates first amendment answer two questions negative affirm ii address first determination courts congress authority copyright clause extend terms existing copyrights text history precedent conclude confirm copyright clause empowers congress prescribe limited times copyright protection secure level duration protection copyright holders present future ctea baseline term life plus years petitioners concede qualifies limited tim applied future petitioners contend however existing copyrights extended endure term limited petitioners argument essentially reads text copyright clause command time prescription set becomes forever fixed inalterable word limited however convey meaning constricted time framing word meant means today confine within certain bounds restrain ed circumscribe johnson dictionary english language ed see sheridan complete dictionary english language ed confine within certain bounds webster third new international dictionary confined within limits restricted extent number duration thus understood time span appropriately limited applied future copyrights automatically cease limited applied existing copyrights observe infra cause suspect purpose evade limited times prescription prompted congress adopt ctea comprehend scope congress power copyright clause page history worth volume logic new york trust eisner holmes history reveals unbroken congressional practice granting authors works existing copyrights benefit term extensions copyright protection governed evenhandedly regime earlier recounted see supra first congress accorded protections nation first federal copyright statute existing future works alike act since congress regularly applied duration extensions existing future copyrights act act act clause empowering congress confer copyrights also authorizes patents congressional practice respect patents informs inquiry count significant early congresses extended duration numerous individual patents well copyrights see act ch stat patent act mar ch stat patent act ch stat patent act may ch stat copyright act ch stat copyright see generally ochoa patent copyright term extension constitution historical perspective copyright society courts saw limited times impediment extensions renewed extended terms upheld early days example chief justice marshall justice story sitting circuit justices see evans jordan cas cc marshall th construction constitution admits renewal patent controverted renewed patent confers rights original aff cranch blanchard sprague cas cc mass story never entertained doubt constitutional authority congress enact patent extension operates retrospectively see also evans robinson cas cc md congresses exclusive right limit times patent right shall granted restrained renewing patent prolonging although prior instant case occasion decide whether extending duration existing copyrights complies limited times prescription found constitutional barrier legislative expansion existing mcclurg kingsland pathsetting precedent patentee case unprotected law force patent issued allowed employer briefly practice invention obtained patent upon enactment two years later exemption allowances patent become valid retroactive time issued mcclurg upheld retroactive application new law explained legal regime governing particular patent depend law stood emanation patent together changes since made though may retrospective operation sound objection validity neither sound objection validity copyright term extension enacted pursuant constitutional grant authority enlarged term covers existing copyrights congress consistent historical practice applying newly enacted copyright terms future existing copyrights reflects judgment stated concisely representative huntington time act ustice policy equity alike forb id author sold work week ago placed worse situation author sell work day passing act cong deb accord symposium constitutionality copyright term extension cardozo arts ent miller ince indeed congress policy author yesterday work get lesser reward author tomorrow work congress passed statute lengthening term ctea follows historical practice keeping duration provisions act largely place simply adding years guided text history precedent agree petitioners submission extending duration existing copyrights categorically beyond congress authority copyright clause satisfied ctea complies limited times prescription turn whether rational exercise legislative authority conferred copyright clause point defer substantially congress sony congress assigned task defining scope limited monopoly granted authors order give public appropriate access work product ctea reflects judgments kind congress typically makes judgments dismiss outside legislature domain respondent describes see brief respondent key factor ctea passage european union eu directive instructing eu members establish copyright term life plus years eu council directive see cong rec daily ed statement hatch consistent berne convention eu directed members deny longer term works country whose laws secure extended term see berne conv art goldstein international copyright extending baseline copyright term life plus years congress sought ensure american authors receive copyright protection europe european ctea may also provide greater incentive american authors create disseminate work see perlmutter participation international copyright system means promote progress science useful arts loyola la rev atching th level copyright protection eu ensure stronger protection works abroad avoid competitive disadvantages foreign rightholders see also play leadership role evolution international copyright system indeed lose flexibility way promote progress science provide incentives create new works addition international congress passed ctea light demographic economic technological changes brief respondent nn rationally credited projections longer terms encourage copyright holders invest restoration public distribution works see term extension provide copyright owners generally incentive restore older works disseminate public sum find ctea rational enactment liberty congressional determinations policy judgments order however debatable arguably unwise may accordingly conclude ctea continues unbroken congressional practice treating future existing copyrights parity term extension purposes impermissible exercise congress power copyright clause petitioners copyright clause arguments rely several novel readings clause next address arguments explain find unpersuasive petitioners contend even ctea term extension literally limited tim permitting congress extend existing copyrights allows evade limited times constraint creating effectively perpetual copyrights repeated extensions disagree appeals observed regime perpetual copyrights clearly situation us nothing warrants construction ctea term extension congressional attempt evade override limited times critically emphasize petitioners fail show ctea crosses constitutionally significant threshold respect limited times acts see supra austin supra extending copyright protection works already existence constitutionally suspect extending protections copyright law works foreign authors already created even first published federal rights earlier acts create perpetual copyrights neither petitioners dominantly advance series arguments premised proposition congress may extend existing copyright absent new consideration author pursue main theme three headings petitioners contend ctea extension existing copyrights overlooks requirement originality fails promote progress science ignores copyright quid pro quo petitioners originality argument draws feist publications rural telephone service feist observed sine qua non copyright originality held copyright protection unavailable narrow category works creative spark utterly lacking trivial virtually nonexistent relying feist petitioners urge even work sufficiently original qualify copyright protection first instance extension copyright duration impermissible published work longer original feist however touch duration copyright protection rather decision addressed core question copyrightability creative spark work must eligible copyright protection explaining originality requirement feist trained copyright clause words authors writings decision construe limited times work may protected originality requirement bearing prescription forcibly petitioners contend ctea extension existing copyrights promote progress science contemplated preambular language copyright clause art cl sustain objection petitioners argue clause preamble independently enforceable limit congress power see petitioners acknowledge preamble copyright clause substantive limit congress legislative power internal quotation marks omitted rather maintain preambular language identifies sole end congress may legislate accordingly conclude meaning limited times must determined light specified end brief petitioners ctea extension existing copyrights categorically fails promote progress science petitioners argue stimulate creation new works merely adds value works already created petitioners point described copyright clause grant power limitation graham john deere kansas city said primary objective copyright promote progress science feist constitutional command recognized congress extent enacts copyright laws create system promote progress science graham also stressed however generally congress courts decide best pursue copyright clause objectives see stewart abend th evolution duration copyright protection tellingly illustrates difficulties congress faces role alter delicate balance congress labored achieve sony congress assigned task defining scope rights granted authors inventors order give public appropriate access work product graham within limits constitutional grant congress may course implement stated purpose framers selecting policy judgment best effectuates constitutional justifications earlier set congress enactment ctea supra provide rational basis conclusion ctea promote progress science issue copyright duration congress start routinely applied new definitions adjustments copyright term future works existing works yet public consistent congressional practice entitled great weight remembered rights thus established disputed period two centur ies almost conclusive lithographic sarony congress unbroken practice since founding generation thus overwhelms petitioners argument ctea extension existing copyrights fails per se promote progress science closely related petitioners preambular argument variant assertion copyright clause imbeds quid pro quo brief petitioners contend regard congress may grant autho exclusive right limited tim exchange writin congress power confer copyright protection petitioners argue thus contingent upon exchange author original work receives exclusive right limited tim exchange dedication public thereafter extending existing copyright without demanding additional consideration petitioners maintain bestows benefit copyright holders heirs violation quid pro quo requirement demur petitioners description copyright clause grant legislative authority empowering congress secure bargain brief petitioners see mazer stein economic philosophy behind clause empowering congress grant patents copyrights conviction encouragement individual effort personal gain best way advance public welfare talents authors inventors science useful arts legislative evolution earlier recalled demonstrates bargain entails given consistent placement existing copyright holders parity future holders author work created last years reasonably comprehend offered copyright time place protection gained also renewal extension legislated congress rationally seek promote progress including every copyright statute express guarantee authors receive benefit later legislative extension copyright term nothing copyright clause bars congress creating incentive adopting position matter unbroken practice see brief respondent neither sears roebuck stiffel bonito boats thunder craft boats contrary cases invalidated application certain state laws inconsistent federal patent regime sears bonito describing congress constitutional authority confer patents bonito boats noted patent clause reflects balance need encourage innovation avoidance monopolies stifle competition without concomitant advance progress science useful arts sears similarly stated atents given favors meant encourage invention rewarding inventor right limited term years fixed patent exclude others use invention neither case concerned extension patent duration either suggest extension might constitutionally infirm rather bonito boats reiterated unclouded understanding congress determine present system effectuates goals copyright patent clause documented see supra congress many times sought effectuate goals extending existing patents note furthermore patents copyrights entail exchange references quid pro quo typically appear patent context see ag supply pioneer international disclosure required patent act quid pro quo right exclude quoting kewanee oil bicron bonito boats basic quid pro quo granting patent monopoly benefit derived public invention substantial utility pennock dialogue pet invention already commonly known used patent sought might sound reason presuming legislature intend grant exclusive right given absence quid pro understandable given immediate disclosure objective exacted patentee price paid exclusivity secured see ag supply author seeking copyright protection contrast disclosure desired objective something exacted author exchange copyright indeed since act copyright run creation publication see act distinguishing two kinds intellectual property copyright gives holder monopoly knowledge reader author writing may make full use fact idea acquires reading see grant patent hand prevent full use others inventor knowledge see brief respondent alfred bell catalda fine arts monopoly granted copyright monopoly knowledge grant patent prevent full use made knowledge reader book copyright laws prevented making full use information may acquire reading quoting copinger law copyright ed light distinctions one extract language patent decisions language trained grant duration genuine support petitioners bold view accordingly reject proposition quid pro quo ment stops congress expanding copyright term manner puts existing future copyrights alternative various arguments extending existing copyrights violates copyright clause per se petitioners urge heightened judicial review extensions ensure appropriately pursue purposes clause see brief petitioners specifically petitioners ask us apply congruence proportionality standard described cases evaluating exercises congress power fourteenth amendment see city boerne flores never applied standard outside context hold sway judicial review legislation enacted copyright laws pursuant article authorization section authorizes congress enforce commands contained incorporated fourteenth amendment amdt congress shall power enforce appropriate legislation provisions article emphasis added copyright clause contrast empowers congress define scope substantive right see sony judicial deference congressional definition corollary grant congress article power graham appropriate us subject ctea congruence proportionality review copyright clause us hold act unconstitutional per se several reasons stated find copyright clause impediment ctea extension existing copyrights iii petitioners separately argue ctea regulation speech fails heightened judicial review first reject petitioners plea imposition uncommonly strict scrutiny copyright scheme incorporates purposes safeguards copyright clause first amendment adopted close time proximity indicates framers view copyright limited monopolies compatible free speech principles indeed copyright purpose promote creation publication free expression harper row observed framers intended copyright engine free expression establishing marketable right use one expression copyright supplies economic incentive create disseminate ideas addition spurring creation publication new expression copyright law contains first amendment accommodations see first distinguishes ideas expression makes latter eligible copyright protection specifically provides case copyright protection original work authorship extend idea procedure process system method operation concept principle discovery regardless form described explained illustrated embodied work said harper row dichotomy strike definitional balance first amendment copyright act permitting free communication facts still protecting author expression internal quotation marks omitted due distinction every idea theory fact copyrighted work becomes instantly available public exploitation moment publication see feist second fair use defense allows public use facts ideas contained copyrighted work also expression certain circumstances codified defense provides fair use copyrighted work including use reproduction copies purposes criticism comment news reporting teaching including multiple copies classroom use scholarship research infringement copyright fair use defense affords considerable latitude scholarship comment harper row rap group musical parody roy orbison oh pretty woman may fair use ctea supplements traditional first amendment safeguards first allows libraries archives similar institutions reproduce distribute display perform facsimile digital form copies certain published works last years term copyright purposes preservation scholarship research work already exploited commercially copies unavailable reasonable price see brief respondent second title ii ctea known fairness music licensing act exempts small businesses restaurants like entities pay performance royalties music played licensed radio television similar facilities see brief representative james sensenbrenner et al amici curiae finally case petitioners principally rely upon first amendment argument turner broadcasting system fcc bears little copyright statute issue turner required cable operators carry transmit broadcast stations proprietary cable systems provisions explained implicated heart first amendment namely principle person decide ideas beliefs deserving expression consideration adherence ctea contrast oblige anyone reproduce another speech carrier instead protects authors original expression unrestricted exploitation protection order raise free speech concerns present government compels burdens communication particular facts ideas first amendment securely protects freedom make decline make one speech bears less heavily speakers assert right make people speeches extent assertions raise first amendment concerns copyright free speech safeguards generally adequate address recognize circuit spoke broadly declared copyrights categorically immune challenges first amendment case congress altered traditional contours copyright protection first amendment scrutiny unnecessary see harper row iv petitioners vision copyright clause held sway render ctea duration extensions unconstitutional existing works indeed petitioners assertion provisions ctea severable make ctea enlarged terms invalid even tomorrow work act time extensions set pattern ctea followed vulnerable well read framers instruction copyright clause empowers congress determine intellectual property regimes overall body judgment serve ends clause see graham congress may implement stated purpose framers selecting policy judgment best effectuates constitutional aim emphasis added beneath facade inventive constitutional interpretation petitioners forcefully urge congress pursued bad policy prescribing ctea long terms wisdom congress action however within province second guess satisfied legislation us remains inside domain constitution assigns first branch affirm judgment appeals ordered eric eldred et petitioners john ashcroft attorney general writ certiorari appeals district columbia circuit january justice stevens dissenting writing unanimous justice black stated obvious state extend life patent beyond expiration date sears roebuck stiffel shall explain reasons state may extend life patent apply congress well congress may expand scope patent monopoly also may extend life copyright beyond expiration date accordingly insofar sonny bono copyright term extension act stat purported extend life unexpired copyrights invalid majority contrary conclusion rests mistaken premise virtually role reviewing congressional grants monopoly privileges authors inventors successors respectfully dissent authority issue copyrights stems clause constitution created patent power provides congress shall power promote progress science useful arts securing limited times authors inventors exclusive right respective writings discoveries art cl well settled clause grant power limitation congress may overreach restraints imposed stated constitutional purpose graham john deere kansas city made clear patent context purpose two dimensions obviously grant exclusive rights respective writings discoveries intended encourage creativity authors inventors requirement exclusive grants limited times serves ultimate purpose promoting progress science useful arts guaranteeing innovations enter public domain soon period exclusivity expires patent issues strictly construed masonite used secure monopoly beyond contained patent morton salt suppiger especially relevant patent expires monopoly created expires right make article including right make precisely shape carried patented passes public kellogg national biscuit singer mfg june mfg sears roebuck ultimate purpose explains patent may issue unless discloses invention detail one skilled art may copy see grant raymond pet marshall third section act requires preliminary patent correct specification description thing discovered necessary order give public privilege shall expire advantage privilege allowed foundation power issue patent complete disclosure precondition issuance patent part quid pro quo justifies limited monopoly inventor consideration full immediate access public limited time almost two centuries ago plainly stated public access inventions earliest possible date essential purpose clause one great object holding reasonable reward inventors giving exclusive right inventions limited period stimulate efforts genius main object promote progress science useful arts done best giving public large right make construct use vend thing invented early period possible due regard rights inventor inventor permitted hold back knowledge public secrets invention long period years retain monopoly make sell invention publicly thus gather whole profits relying upon superior skill knowledge structure danger competition force secure exclusive right allowed take patent thus exclude public farther use derived fourteen years materially retard progress science useful arts give premium least prompt communicate discoveries pennock dialogue pet pennock held inventor extend period patent protection postponing application patent exploiting invention commercially recently explained implicit patent clause understanding free exploitation ideas rule protection federal patent exception moreover ultimate goal patent system bring new designs technologies public domain disclosure bonito boats thunder craft boats issuance patent appropriately regarded quid pro quo grant limited right inventor disclosure subsequent contribution public domain see pfaff wells electronics patent system represents carefully crafted bargain encourages creation public disclosure new useful advances technology return exclusive monopoly limited period time manifestly unfair issuing patent government representative public sought modify bargain shortening term patent order accelerate public access invention fairness considerations underlie constitutional protections ex post facto laws laws impairing obligation contracts presumably disable congress making retroactive change public bargain inventor without providing compensation taking considerations protect members public make plans exploit invention soon enters public domain retroactive modification bargain extends term patent monopoly discuss historical exceptions rule undermine constitutional analysis quite plainly limitations implicit patent clause adequately explain neither state congress may extend life patent beyond expiration date sears roebuck neither purpose encouraging new inventions overriding interest advancing progress adding knowledge public domain served retroactively increasing inventor compensation completed invention frustrating legitimate expectations members public want make use free market twin purposes provide avenue congressional action clause constitution action manifestly unconstitutional ii recognized twin purposes encouraging new works adding public domain apply copyrights well patents thus regard copyrights motion pictures clearly identified overriding interest release public products author creative genius paramount pictures patents emphasized overriding purpose providing reward authors creative activity motivate activity allow public access products genius limited period exclusive control expired sony america universal city studios ex post facto extensions copyrights result gratuitous transfer wealth public authors publishers successors interest retroactive extensions even arguably serve either purposes clause reasons extensions patent monopoly unconstitutional apply copyrights well respondent however advances four arguments support constitutionality retroactive extensions first copyright act enacted shortly constitution ratified applied works already produced later congresses repeatedly authorized extensions copyrights patents extensions promote useful arts giving copyright holders incentive preserve restore certain valuable motion pictures matter equity whenever congress provides longer term incentive creation new works authors provide equivalent reward owners unexpired copyrights none arguments persuasive iii congress first enacted legislation clause passed bills creating federal patent copyright protection content first legislation debate accompanied differences initial versions bills ultimately passed provide strong evidence early congresses understanding constitutional limits clause examine initial copyright patent statutes congress first considered intellectual property statutes inaugural session bill debated house resolution bill promote progress science useful arts securing authors inventors exclusive right respective writings discoveries documentary history first federal congress america march depauw bickford hauptman provided copyright patent protection similar first congress pass though similar version reintroduced second congress minimal debate however house representatives began consideration two separate bills one covering patents copyrights majority recognizes congressional practice respect patents informs inquiry ante consider history patent copyright legislation patent act eventually became patent act genesis house resolution introduced february resolution differed one important respect whereas extended patent protection inventions known used contrast added phrase within limitation expressly authorized patent protection person shall passing act first import device used known said documentary history supra change authorized patents importation providing patent protection inventions already use elsewhere change however short lived removed floor amendment march walterscheid though exact records floor debate lost correspondence house members indicate doubts constitutionality provision led removal representative thomas fitzsimmons wrote leading industrialist day stating section allowing importers left constitutional power questionable quoting letter thomas fitzsimmons tench coxe march james madison recognized constitutional limitation patents importation flatly stating constitution forbids patents purpose papers james madison hobson rutland eds reprinting letter tench coxe march final version patent act stat contain geographic qualifier thus provide patents importation statutory omission coupled contemporaneous statements legislators provides strong evidence congress recognized significant limitations constitutional authority clause extend protection class intellectual properties recognition categorical constitutional limitation fundamentally odds majority reading article provide essentially limit congressional action clause early congressional practice indeed inform analysis majority judicial excision constitutional limits correct copyright act congress also passed first copyright act stat time number maps charts books already printed copyrighted state laws arguably entitled perpetual protection common law federal statute applied works well new works cases application new federal rule reduced protections others may increased significant statute provided general rule creating new federal rights supplanted diverse state rights previously existed extend attach state rights congress passing act legislate reference existing rights appears clear wheaton peters pet see also fox film doyal repeatedly said congress sanction existing right created new one congress set place federal structure governing certain types intellectual property new republic congress exercised unquestionable constitutional authority create new federal system securing rights authors inventors provide support proposition congress extend federal protections retroactively respondent places great weight first congressional action arguing proves congress thus unquestionably understood authority apply new favorable copyright term existing works brief respondent understanding however relevant question presented case whether congress power copyright clause extend retroactively term existing copyrights brief petitioners precisely put question presented case even implicate act act created rather extended copyright protection law applied works already existence says nothing first congress conception power extend newly created federal right moreover members congress well aware distinction creation new copyright regimes extension existing copyrights act patterned many ways statute anne enacted england see fred fisher music witmark sons english statute addition providing authors copyrights new works term years renewable another term also replaced booksellers claimed perpetual rights existing works single term booksellers proposed amendment extended terms existing copyrights amendment defeated opponents amendment argued bill pass effect establishing perpetual monopoly increase private gain booksellers authors federal statute used statute anne model familiar history accordingly especially wary relying congress creation new system support proposition congress unquestionably understood constitutional authority extend existing copyrights iv since creation federal patent copyright protection congress passed variety legislation providing specific relief individual authors inventors well changing general statutes conferring patent copyright privileges changes indeed majority describes extend existing protections retroactively changes however complete comprehensive look history congressional action clause demonstrates history case provide volume logic ante necessary sustain sonny bono act constitutionality congress aside changing process applying patent patent act significantly alter basic patent copyright systems next years time however congress consider many private bills respondent seeks support congress historical practice using copyright patent clause authority extend terms individual patents copyrights brief respondent carefully read however private bills support respondent historical gloss rather significantly undermine historical claim first example relied upon respondent extension oliver evans patent ch stat demonstrates pitfalls relying incomplete historical analysis evans inventor developed several improvements milling flour received third federal patent january see federico patent trials oliver evans pat soc term provided patent act patent expire january claiming years provided sufficient time realize income invention net profits spent developing improvements steam engine evans first sought extension patent december annals congress unsuccessful tried yet persuade congress pass private bill undaunted evans tried one last time revive expired patent receiving adverse judgment infringement action see evans chambers cas cc time effort private legislation successful congress passed bill extending patent years see act relief oliver evans stat legislation passed january restored patent monopoly invention public domain four years act unquestionably exceeded congress authority clause congress exercise patent power may overreach restraints imposed stated constitutional purpose congress may authorize issuance patents whose effects remove existent knowledge public domain restrict free access materials already available graham emphasis added extension patent protection expired patent isolated incident congress passed private bills either directly extending patents allowing otherwise untimely applicants apply patent extensions approximately patents patents least already fallen public fact repeated practice patently unconstitutional completely undermines majority reliance history significant ante copyright legislation similar history federal copyright act first amended amendment like later amendments authorized longer term new works also extended terms unexpired copyrights respondent argues historical practice effectively establishes constitutionality retroactive extensions unexpired copyrights course practice buttressess presumption validity attaches every act congress decision ins chadha demonstrates fact congress repeatedly acted mistaken interpretation constitution qualify duty invalidate unconstitutional practice finally challenged appropriate case justice white pointed dissent chadha case sounded death knell nearly statutory provisions congress exercised legislative veto regardless effect unconstitutional enactments congress scope constitutional power congress ultimately judicial rather legislative question settled finally morrison quoting heart atlanta motel black concurring long recognized obviously correct one acquires vested protected right violation constitution long use even span time covers entire national existence walz tax city new york particularly unwise attach constitutional significance amendment different legal landscape enacted congress based authority pass amendment grounds shortly thereafter declared improper judiciary committee report prepared house representatives asserted author exclusive perpetual right preference fruits labor gales seaton register debates congress cxx floor debate echoed sentiment see statement verplanck rejecting idea copyright involved implied contract existing author public contract work author result labor copyright merely legal provision protection natural right view copyright however emphatically rejected wheaton peters congress act instead sanctioning existing right contended created presumption validity attach statutory enactment relied shortly thereafter discredited interpretation basis congressional congress amended term patents term plus opportunity extension flat years extension permitted act mar ch stat change retroactive rather applied patents hereafter granted ibid sure congress many times history retroactively extended terms existing copyrights patents history however reveals much heterogeneous practice respondent contends replete actions unquestionably unconstitutional though relevant history dispositive constitutionality sonny bono act general presumption historic practice illuminates constitutionality congressional action controlling case presumption strongest earliest acts congress considered overlap identity created constitution first constituted congress provides contemporaneous weighty evidence constitution true meaning wisconsin pelican ins strong presumption attach congressional action member congress delegate framing convention years earlier moreover judicial opinions relied upon majority interpreting early legislative enactments either implicitly overruled support proposition claimed graham flatly contradicts cases relied majority respondent support renewed extended terms upheld early days ante evans jordan cas cc marshall evans robinson cas cc md blanchard sprague cas cc mass story held private bills passed congress extending previously expired patents rights valid evans jordan evans robinson considered oliver evans private bill discussed blanchard involved ch stat extended thomas blanchard patent public domain five months irrespective circuit courts held early days ante holdings implicitly overruled graham therefore provide support respondent present constitutional inquiry majority reliance patent case cites similarly misplaced contrary suggestion opinion mcclurg kingsland involve legislative expansion existing patent ante question case whether former employer inventor one james harley held liable infringer continuing use process harley invented employ first held employer use process patent issued public use invalidate patent even might effect prior amendment patent statute disposed case ground statute enacted protected alleged infringer right continue use process patent issued opinion said nothing power congress extend life issued patent note congress plenary power legislate subject patents provided take away rights property existing patents fact congress change bargain public patentee way disadvantages patentee course fully consistent view enlarge patent monopoly detriment public patent issued history retroactive extensions existing expired copyrights patents though relevant conclusive constitutionality sonny bono act fact previously passed upon constitutionality retroactive copyright extensions insulate present extension constitutional challenge respondent also argues act promotes useful arts providing incentives restore old movies least three reasons interest preserving perishable copies old copyrighted films justify wholesale extension existing copyrights first restoration preservation even arguably promote new works authors inventors course original expression restoration preservation movies receive new copyright second however strong justification preserving works may justification applies equally works whose copyrights already expired yet one seriously contends clause authorize grant monopoly privileges works already public domain solely encourage restoration finally even concern aging movies permit congressional protection remedy offered blanket extension copyrights simply bears relationship alleged harm vi finally respondent relies concerns equity justify retroactive extension congress concludes longer period exclusivity necessary order provide adequate incentive authors produce new works respondent seems believe simple fairness requires lengthened period provided authors whose works already completed copyrighted classic non sequitur reason increasing inducement create something new simply apply work contrary equity argument actually provides strong support petitioners members public entitled rely promised access copyrighted patented works expiration terms specified exclusive privileges granted hand authors receive full benefit exclusive terms promised inducement creativity equitable claim increased compensation nothing one must indulge two untenable assumptions find support equitable argument offered respondent public interest free access copyrighted works entirely worthless authors class receive windfall solely based completed creative activity indeed congress apparently indulged assumptions series extensions copyrights one year worth creative work copyrighted fallen public domain last years cases repeatedly consistently emphasize ultimate public access overriding purpose constitutional provision see sony ex post facto extensions existing copyrights unsupported consideration public interest frustrate central purpose clause vii express grant perpetual copyright unquestionably violate textual requirement authors exclusive rights limited times whether extraordinary length grants authorized act invalid functional equivalent perpetual copyrights question need answered case question presented certiorari petition merely challenges congress power extend retroactively terms existing copyrights accordingly need determine whether deference normally given congressional policy judgments may save judicial review decision respecting appropriate length important note however categorical rule prohibiting retroactive extensions effectively preclude perpetual copyrights importantly house lords recognized refused amend statute anne unless clause construed embody categorical rule congress may extend existing monopoly privileges ad infinitum majority analysis failing protect public interest free access products inventive artistic genius indeed virtually ignoring central purpose clause quitclaimed congress principal responsibility area law fairly read stated congress actions clause intents purposes judicially unreviewable result squared basic tenets constitutional structure hyperbole recall trenchant words chief justice john marshall emphatically province duty judicial department say law marbury madison cranch discharge responsibility chadha respectfully dissent eric eldred et petitioners john ashcroft attorney general writ certiorari appeals district columbia circuit january justice breyer dissenting constitution copyright clause grants congress power promote progress science securing limited times authors exclusive right respective writings art cl emphasis added statute us sonny bono copyright term extension act extends term existing copyrights years many new copyrights years author death economic effect extension longest blanket extension since nation founding make copyright term limited virtually perpetual primary legal effect grant extended term authors heirs estates corporate successors importantly practical effect promote inhibit progress science word framers meant learning knowledge walterscheid nature intellectual property clause study historical perspective majority believes conclusions rest upon practical judgments suggest statute unwise unconstitutional legal distinctions however often matters degree panhandle oil mississippi ex rel knox holmes dissenting overruled part alabama king boozer accord walz tax city new york case failings degree serious amount failings constitutional kind although copyright clause grants broad legislative power congress grant limits view statute falls outside monopoly privileges copyright clause confers neither unlimited primarily designed provide special private benefit sony america universal city studios cf graham john deere kansas city made clear clause limitations judicially enforceable cases assessing statute purpose take account fact constitution single document contains copyright clause first amendment two related copyright clause first amendment seek related objectives creation dissemination information working tandem provisions mutually reinforce first serving engine free expression harper row publishers nation enterprises second assuring government throws obstacle dissemination time particular statute exceeds proper copyright clause bounds may set clause amendment thereby depriving public benefits founders promised consequently review plausible claims copyright statute seriously unjustifiably restricts dissemination speech somewhat carefully reference traditional commerce clause jurisprudence might suggest cf ante need case characterize review search congruence proportionality ante variation called intermediate scrutiny san francisco arts athletics olympic applying intermediate scrutiny variant normal trademark protection cf nixon shrink missouri government pac breyer concurring test proportionality burdens benefits law significantly implicates competing constitutionally protected interests rather necessary recognize statute involves pure economic regulation regulation expression may count rational economic regulation issue necessarily rational focus expression nation constitutionally dedicated free dissemination speech information learning culture sense among constitutional interests issue look harder majority statute rationality though less hard precedent might justify see cleburne cleburne living center plyler doe department agriculture moreno thus find statute lacks constitutionally necessary rational support significant benefits bestows private public threatens seriously undermine expressive values copyright clause embodies find justification significant objective examination statute becomes difficult impossible even dispute characterizations congress choice clearly wrong helvering davis ii must examine relevant statutory effects light copyright clause purposes begin reviewing basic objectives clause clause authorizes tax readers purpose giving bounty writers parl deb ser lord macaulay constitutional purposes bounty serve constitution describes basic clause objective one promot ing progress science knowledge learning clause exists provide special private benefit sony supra stimulate artistic creativity general public good twentieth century music aiken motivat ing creative activity authors provision special reward sony supra reward means end copyright term limited limited beneficiaries public permanently deprived fruits artist labors stewart abend previously described clause objectives see also mazer stein opyright law makes reward owner secondary consideration internal quotation marks omitted sony supra imited grant intended allow public access products authors genius limited period exclusive control expired harper row supra copyright intended increase impede harvest knowledge cf ante simply reiterated views founders madison like jefferson others founding generation warned dangers monopolies see monopolies perpetuities corporations ecclesiastical endowments madison writings rakove ed hereinafter madison monopolies letter thomas jefferson james madison july papers thomas jefferson boyd ed hereinafter papers thomas jefferson arguing even copyright monopolies annals cong gales seaton eds statement jackson first congress drove forefathers country ecclesiastical corporations perpetual monopolies england scotland madison noted constitution limited two cases authors books useful inventions madison monopolies thought two cases monopoly justified amounts compensation actual community benefit monopoly temporary term originally years renewable ibid madison concluded limitation sufficient recompence encouragement may given ibid warned general monopolies must guarded strictness agst abuse ibid many members legislative branch expressed similarly wrote house report landmark copyright act example said copyright designed primarily benefit author particular class citizens however worthy rather constitution copyright designed primarily benefit public benefit great body people stimulate writing invention copyright statute believed fact accomplish basic constitutional objective advancing learning statute beyond power congress enact similarly wrote house report legislation implemented berne convention protection literary artistic works said constitutional purpose copyright facilitate flow ideas interest learning internal quotation marks omitted added constitution primary objective copyright law reward author rather secure public benefits derived authors labors giving authors incentive create public benefits two ways original expression created limited term expires creation added public domain present purposes take following well established copyright statutes must serve public private ends must seek promote progress knowledge learning must creating incentives authors produce removing related restrictions dissemination expiration copyright limited tim time like limited monarch restrain ed circumscribe left large johnson dictionary english language rev ed examine statute effects light constitutional purposes statute like virtually every copyright statute imposes upon public certain costs form royalties may higher necessary evoke creation relevant work requirement one seeking reproduce copyrighted work must obtain copyright holder permission first costs translates higher prices potentially restrict work dissemination second means search costs may prevent reproduction even author objection although costs sense inevitable concomitants copyright protection special reasons thinking especially serious first present statute primarily benefits holders existing copyrights copyrights works already created congressional research service crs study prepared congress indicates added sum law transfer existing copyright holders large rappaport crs report congress copyright term extension estimating economic values hereinafter crs report conjunction official figures copyright renewals crs report indicates copyrights years old retain commercial value still generate royalties time brief petitioners estimate uncontested respondent based data crs census bureau library congress books songs movies vintage still earn million per year royalties crs report hence despite declining consumer interest given work time one might conservatively estimate extra years copyright protection mean transfer several billion extra royalty dollars holders existing copyrights copyrights together already earned many billions dollars royalty reward see extra royalty payments come thin air rather ultimately come wish read see hear classic books films recordings survived even airlines pay right play george gershwin classic rhapsody blue represents cost business potentially reflected ticket prices fly see ganzel copyright copywrong training likely amounts extra royalty payments large enough suggest unnecessarily high prices unnecessarily restrict distribution classic works lead disobedience law theory practice cf crs report ew cheaper editions expected works come copyright brief college art association et al amici curiae one year expiration copyright willa cather antonia seven new editions appeared prices ranging ganzel supra describing later abandoned plans charge individual girl scout camps annually license sing songs god bless america around campfire second equally important cause concern arises fact copyright extension imposes permissions requirement upon potential users classic works still retain commercial value also upon potential users work still copyright using crs estimates one estimate number works years age older see brief petitioners copyright act abolished requirement owner must renew copyright works little commercial value eventually number millions see pub stat dept commerce bureau census statistical history colonial times present hereinafter statistical history potential users works include movie buffs aging jazz fans also historians scholars teachers writers artists database operators researchers kinds want make past accessible use others permissions requirement inhibit ability accomplish task indeed age databases promise facilitate research learning permissions requirement stand significant obstacle realization technological hope reason permissions requirement inhibit prevent use old works particularly without commercial value may prove expensive track contract copyright holder holder may prove impossible find holder found may deny permission either outright misinformed efforts bargain crs example found cost seeking permission prohibitive crs report amici along petitioners provide examples kinds significant harm issue thus american association law libraries points clearance process associated creating electronic archive documenting american south consumed approximately dozen per work brief american association law libraries et al amici curiae college art association says costs obtaining permission use single images short excerpts short works become prohibitively high describes abandonment efforts include campaign songs film excerpts documents exposing horrors chain gang historical works archives points examples copyright holders effect used control copyright try control content historical cultural works brief college art association et al amici curiae national writers union provides similar examples brief national writers union et al amici curiae petitioners point music fees may prevent youth community orchestras church choirs performing early music brief petitioners see also app copyright extension caused abandonment plans sell sheet music maurice ravel alborada del gracioso amici petitioners describe electronic databases tend avoid adding collections works whose copyright holders may prove difficult contact see arms getting picture observations library congress providing online access pictorial images library trends describing tendency applies library congress digital archives said extent costs kind accompany copyright law regardless length copyright term extend term preventing works falling public domain dramatically increase size costs perversely likely benefits protection diminish see infra older work less likely retains commercial value harder likely prove find current copyright holder older work likely prove useful historian artist teacher older work less likely sense authors rights justify copyright holder decision permit reproduction likely copyright holder making decision work creator say corporation work creator never knew similarly costs obtaining permission perhaps ranging millions dollars multiply number holders affected copyrights increases several hundred thousand several million see supra costs users nonprofit databases numbering low millions multiply use databases becomes prevalent see brief internet archive et al amici curiae describing nonprofit project gutenberg qualitative costs education learning research multiply children become ever dependent content knowledge upon databases thereby condemning accessible say cultural content early history kind intellectual purgatory easily emerge majority finds description harms overstated light congress inclusion statutory exemption last years copyright term exempts facsimile digital reproduction library archives purposes preservation scholarship research ante exemption however applies copy made special listed purposes simply permits library subsequent users make copy purposes covers published works subject normal commercial exploitation obtainable apparently even used copy reasonable price insists library assure reasonable investigation conditions met database proprietor rely limited exemption particularly phrase reasonable investigation particularly database commercial well aspects majority also invokes fair use exception notes copyright law restricted protection work expression substantive content ante neither exception restriction however necessarily help wish obtain electronic databases material say teachers wishing students see albums depression era photographs read recorded words actually lived slavery contrast say gary cooper heroic portrayal sergeant york filmed reality battlefield verdun harm see supra occur despite act exemptions despite first amendment safeguards majority places trust ante add motion picture association america also finds concerns overstated least respect films extension sometimes make profitable reissue old films saving extinction brief motion picture association america amicus curiae film preservationists note however small minority many films particularly silent films preserved report librarian congress film preservation pp half feature films films already lost cf brief hal roach studios et al amici curiae twenties era silent films still copyright available digital video disc seek preserve remainder see brief internet archive et al amici curiae nonprofit database digitized films releasing online without charge film preservation supra reporting well titles held public archives tell us copyright extension impede preservation forbidding reproduction films within within public collections brief hal roach studios et al amici curiae see also brief internet archive et al amici curiae brief american association law libraries et al amici curiae subsection concerns costs countervailing benefits shall simply note respect films respect works extension cause substantial harm efforts preserve disseminate works created long ago shall turn second half equation congress reasonably found extension harms justified extension countervailing preservationist incentives ways benefits might justify statute extension copyright protection first one reasonably conclude copyright traditional economic rationale applies extension act economic spur encouraging authors create new works see mazer economic philosophy copyright clause advance public welfare encourag ing individual effort personal gain see also ante opyright law serves public ends providing individuals incentive pursue private ones potential author reasonably believe tiny chance writing classic survive commercially long enough copyright extension matter years copyrights retain commercial value percentage surviving years typical copyright term must far smaller see supra crs report estimating even copyright renewal copyrighted books go print year remaining monetary incentive diminished dramatically fact relevant royalties arrive years future author distant heirs shareholders successor corporation receive using assumptions time value money provided us group economists including five nobel prize winners brief george akerlof et al amici curiae seems fair say example likelihood earning annually years starting years future worth less seven cents today see see also crs report see generally appendix part infra potential shakespeare wharton hemingway moved sum monetarily motivated melville realize better grandchildren putting dollars bank account finds evidence contrary refers testimony congress copyright system incentives encourage creation referring noah webster income earned one work help support artist continue create ante first amounts set undeniably true propositions value incentives general applicability second act mysterious extension help today noah webster create new works years death hypothetical webster supposed support extension present discounted value pennies change metaphor argument dumas fils written books dumas pre three musketeers earned royalties regardless even cited testimony meant specifically tell congress somehow somewhere potential author might moved thought receiving copyright royalties century hence might potential author also moved thought royalties paid two centuries five centuries years end time rational economic perspective time difference among periods makes real difference present extension produce copyright period protection even conservative assumptions worth protection perpetuity songwriter like irving berlin song like alexander ragtime band see appendix part infra lack practically meaningful distinction author ex ante perspective statute extended terms infinite term makes latest extension difficult square constitution insistence limited times cf tr oral arg solicitor general related concession certain considers relevant respect othing warrants construction act term extension congressional attempt evade override limited times constraint ante course congress intend act unconstitutionally may sought test constitution limits statute named member congress legislative history records wanted term copyright protection last forever cong rec daily ed statement mary bono see also copyright term film labeling film preservation legislation hearings et al subcommittee courts intellectual property house judiciary committee hereinafter house hearings statement sonny bono questioning copyrights ever expire ibid statement berman guess make permanent moratorium expiration copyrights statement hoke years forever years cf ibid statement register copyrights copyright office proceedings songwriters guild suggested perpetual term statement quincy jones particularly fascinated representative hoke statement hy forever statement quincy jones start add good start statute ended creating term long vesting real property issue typically violate traditional rule perpetuities see powell real property wolf ed traditional rule estate must vest within lives plus years cf id modern statutory perpetuity term years years shorter copyright terms event numbers far small congress concluded rationally even respect new works extension effect justify serious harms earlier described see part supra course respect works already created source many harms previously described statute creates economic incentive see ante stevens dissenting second relies heavily justification upon international uniformity terms ante although helpful look international norms legal experience understanding american law cf printz breyer dissenting case justification based upon foreign rules surprisingly weak claim significant benefits flow greater international uniformity terms point fact nations european union adopted system copyright terms uniform among extension implements term life plus years appears conform european standard uniformity help justify statute despite appearances statute create uniform term respect lion share economically significant works affects works made hire existing works created prior see appendix part infra respect works american statute produces extended term years comparable european rights hire works last periods vary years years life plus years compare council directive october harmonizing term protection copyright certain related rights arts official eur cmty hereinafter eu council directive neither statute create uniformity respect anonymous pseudonymous works compare eu council directive art statute produce uniformity respect copyrights new works attributed natural persons compare eu council directive art works constitute subset likely minority works retain commercial value years see appendix part infra fact uniformity comes late means bringing american law conformity particular aspect european law neither encourage creation benefit author important way benefit might partial future uniformity achieve majority refers greater incentive american authors create disseminate work cites law review article suggesting need avoid competitive disadvantages ante solicitor general elaborates theme postulating uncorrected disuniformity permit europe hold prospect protection lasting life plus years instead life plus years potential author might decide publish initially europe delaying american publication brief respondent statute creating uniformly longer term corrects disincentive disuniformity might otherwise produce disincentive however possibly bring serious harm sort solicitor general law review author fears one thing unclear hurt american publication come second berne convention still offers full protection long second publication delayed days see berne conv arts another potential authors turn publish decision upon particular difference length copyright term seen present commercial value difference amounts comparative pennies see supra commercial decision turned upon difference rested previously upon knife edge fine invisible rational legislature give major weight invisible likely nonexistent effect benefit benefit future uniformity statute partially achieves unlike copyright act statute constitute part american effort conform important international treaty like berne convention see pp act term required adherence berne convention european acceptance longer term seem reflect special european institutional considerations needs international politics surrounding development european union house hearings statement register copyrights statement reichman european american copyright law long coexisted despite important differences including europe traditional respect authors moral rights absence europe constitutional restraints restrict copyrights limited times see kwall copyright moral right american marriage possible vand rev moral rights house hearings testimony register copyrights limited imes sum partial future uniformity act promises reasonably said justify extension copyright term new works concerns uniformity possibly justify extension new term older works statute creates uniformity third several publishers filmmakers argue statute provides incentives act publishers republish redistribute older copyrighted works claim justify statute however rationale inconsistent basic purpose copyright clause understood framers clause assumes initial grant monopoly designed primarily encourage creation followed termination monopoly grant order promote dissemination works assumes disappearance monopoly grant perpetuation balance promote dissemination works already existence view clause deny empirical possibility grant copyright monopoly heirs successors author occasion help publishers resurrect work say shakespeare deny congress copyright clause power base actions primarily upon empirical possibility lest copyright grants become perpetual lest balance restrict dissemination lest often seek bestow benefits solely retroactive view clause finds strong support writings madison antimonopoly environment framers wrote clause history clause english antecedent statute anne statute sought break publishers monopoly offering alternative author monopoly limited duration see patterson understanding copyright clause copyright society statute anne patterson copyright historical perspective madison monopolies papers thomas jefferson constitutional convention formation union solberg ed see also supra view finds virtually conclusive support precedents see sony copyright clause intended allow public access limited period exclusive control stewart copyright term limited avoid permanently depriv ing public fruits artist labors see also supra view also finds textual support copyright clause word limited cf story commentaries constitution rotunda nowak eds copyright clause benefits public part admit people large short interval full possession enjoyment writings without restraint emphasis added finds added textual support word authors difficult reconcile rationale rests entirely upon incentives given publishers perhaps long death work creator cf feist publications rural telephone service finds empirical support sources underscore wisdom framers judgment see crs report ew cheaper editions expected works come copyright see also part supra draws logical support endlessly nature publishers claim difficulty finding kind logical stopping place accept uniquely rationale justify continuing extend copyrights indefinitely say granted scott fitzgerald lesser known contemporaries principle justify continued protection works shakespeare melville mozart perhaps salieri mozart currently less popular contemporary justify yet extension copyright song happy birthday melody first published song copyrighted litigation still effect currently owned subsidiary aol time warner see profitable happy birthday times london given support difficult accept conflicting rationale publishers advance namely extension rather limitation grant rewarding publishers form monopoly promote rather retard dissemination works already existence indeed given considerations rationale seems constitutionally perverse unable constitutionally speaking justify blanket extension issue cf ante stevens dissenting fourth statute legislative history suggests another possible justification history refers frequently financial assistance statute bring entertainment industry particularly promotion exports see purpose bill ensure adequate copyright protection american works foreign nations continued economic benefits healthy surplus balance trade cong statement foley noting importance issue america creative community hether sony bmi disney companies recognize congress sometimes found suppression competition help americans sell abroad though simultaneously taken care protect american buyers higher domestic prices see act export trade stat amended see also ia areeda hovenkamp antitrust law pp ed criticizing export cartels however congress exercised commerce copyright power find nothing copyright clause authorize congress enhance copyright grant monopoly power likely leading higher prices home abroad solely order produce higher foreign earnings objective copyright objective standing alone related objective closely tied clause neither higher corporate profits alone justify grant enhancement clause seeks public private benefits finally mentions possible justifications demographic economic technological changes apparently means facts today people communicate help modern technology live longer children later age ante first fact seems argue instead extension see part supra second fact seems already corrected act term automatically grows lifespans cf department health human services centers disease control prevention deaths final data table reporting increase expected lifespan third fact adults children later life makeweight best providing explanation act term years author death longer term available authors nation history insufficient potential bequest weakness final rationales simply underscores conclusion emerges consideration earlier attempts justification gitimate serious justification statute iii concerned holding case inhibit broad decisionmaking leeway copyright clause grants congress ante concerned implications today decision copyright act act changed copyright basic term years assuming renewal life author plus years ante ante concerned determine many years copyright many determination fears require find right constitutional number task well suited see ante cf ante share initial concern intrusion upon decisionmaking authority congress see ante believe intrudes upon authority find statute unconstitutional basis legal analysis copyright clause objectives see supra total implausibility incentive effect see supra statute apparent failure provide significant international uniformity see supra intrude upon congressional authority consider rationality light expressive values underlying copyright clause related first amendment given constitutional importance correctly drawing relevant boundary supra avoid need examine statute carefully saying congress altered traditional contours copyright protection ante sentence points question rather answer avoid examination degree judicial vigilance far outer boundaries clause warranted avoid monopolies consequent restrictions expression clause read consistently first amendment seeks preclude vigilance necessary new century see intellectual property rights forms expression underlie play ever important role nation economy lives citizens share concern view act automatically doom act unlike present statute act thoroughly revised copyright law enabled join berne convention international treaty requires act basic term condition substantive protections copyright inception berne conv art consequently balance harms benefits far less true acts event provided maximum terms years years requiring renewal years copyrighted works falling public domain period well putative maximum terms elapsed see ante statistical history regardless law provides means protect reasonably relied upon prior copyright statutes see heckler mathews event considering need consider constitutionality copyright statutes neither share aversion case even difficult draw single clear bright line easily decide decide particular statute simply goes far examples goes far sometimes offer better constitutional guidance rules event sits part decide statute exceeds constitutional boundary see panhandle oil holmes dissenting view ext history precedent ante support need draw lines general need draw line short statute see supra see ante finally complains restrained argument train ed fire petitioners congress choice place existing future copyrights parity ante reason limited argument willingness accept purposes opinion understanding reasons ustice policy equity well established historical practice categorically beyond congress authority exten duration existing copyrights achieve parity ante internal quotation marks omitted accepted view however argument sake putting side present justice stevens persuasive arguments contrary ante dissenting opinion make assumption emphasize lack rational justification present statute desire parity old copyrights new copyrights justify extending rational justification extending least put aside rationality characterization ask support like asking tom thumb support paul bunyan ox case extending new copyrights weak justice policy equity warrant tolls barriers extension existing copyrights imposes iv statute cause serious harm likely restrict traditional dissemination copyrighted works likely inhibit new forms dissemination use new technology threatens interfere efforts preserve nation historical cultural heritage efforts use heritage say educate nation children easy understand statute might benefit private financial interests corporations heirs existing copyrights find constitutionally legitimate way statute benefit public indeed respect existing works serious public harm virtually nonexistent public benefit clear set forth analysis upon rest judgments analysis leads inexorably conclusion statute understood rationally advance constitutionally legitimate interest statute falls outside scope legislative power copyright clause read light first amendment grants congress hold statute unconstitutional respectfully dissent appendix opinion breyer text estimates economic value act copyrights relative economic value perpetual copyright supra well incremental value extension term supra rest upon conservative future value discount rate assumptions set forth brief economist amici brief george akerlof et al amici curiae assumptions author expects live years writing book copyright extension increasing copyright term life author plus years life author plus years increases author expected income book economic incentive write text assumes extension creates term years term corresponding works made hire existing copyrights economists conservative assumptions value copyright slightly value perpetual copyright see also tr oral arg petitioners statement figure life plus term applies author lives years creation work irving berlin alexander ragtime band assumptions yield figure unrealistically conservative aspect assumptions aspect unrealistically favorable majority assumption constant future income stream fact noted text supra uncontested data indicate author rationally expect stream copyright royalties constant forever indeed copyrights expected retain commercial value end years ibid thus overwhelming majority cases ultimate value extension copyright holders zero economic difference extended copyright perpetual copyright zero nonetheless remains small chance given work remain profitable crs report suggests way take account likelihood related decay work commercial viability find annual decay rate corresponds percentage works become commercially unavailable given year discount revenue successive year accordingly see crs report following approach one estimates conservatively full works survives end years corresponding annual decay rate instead conservatively use decay rate crs applied case books whose copyrights renewed ibid using decay rate economist amici proposed discount rate value copyright realistically estimated value perpetual copyright comparable irving berlin figure decay rate figures respectively even figures seem likely underestimates sense assume work still commercially able earns much year shortly creation conclusions regarding economic significance works made hire judgmental statistical information ratio hire works works scarce cf community creative reid know copyrights hire works accounted newly registered copyrights varmer works made hire commission study copyright law revision studies nos prepared subcommittee patents trademarks copyrights senate committee judiciary comm print also know copyrights works typically made hire movies renewed since apparently remained commercially viable higher average rate crs report know harmonization looks benefit exports see films sound recordings account dominant share export revenues earned new copyrighted works potential lasting commercial value works computer software siwek copyright industries economy report also appears generally accepted categories hire works predominate house hearings testimony register copyrights udiovisual works generally works made hire taken together circumstances support conclusion text extension fails create uniformity appear important copyrighted works nearing end terms works made hire footnotes justice breyer dissent similarly restrained makes effort meaningfully distinguish existing copyrights future grants see post reasoning ctea extension globally unconstitutional asserting last several decades seen proliferation copyright legislation departure congress traditional pace legislative amendment area petitioners cite nine statutes passed incrementally extended existing copyrights brief periods see pub stat pub stat pub stat pub stat pub stat pub stat pub stat pub stat pub title stat respondent attorney general ashcroft points however statutes temporary placeholders subsumed systemic changes effected act brief respondent petitioners argue act must distinguished later acts ground covered existing works extend existing copyrights reply brief parties disagree question whether act copyright term regarded part compensation loss existing copyright protections see brief petitioners brief respondent reply brief without resolving dispute underscore first congress clearly confer copyright protection works already created note justice breyer makes concession see supra train fire petitioners congress choice place existing future copyrights parity moving beyond bounds parties presentations abundant policy arguments precious little support precedent condemn congress entire product irrational approach comported english practice time statute anne ann provided copyright protection books yet composed published books already composed yet published books already composed published see ibid author book books already composed printed published shall hereafter composed assignee assigns shall sole liberty printing reprinting book books term fourteen years commence day first publishing longer ibid author book books already printed bookseller booksellers printer printers person persons hath purchased acquired copy copies book books order print reprint shall sole right liberty printing book books term one twenty years commence said tenth day april justice stevens stresses rejection proposed amendment statute anne extended term existing copyrights reports opponents extension feared perpetuate monopoly position enjoyed english booksellers post english parliament confronted situation never existed late century printing monopoly held stationers company ancient london guild printers booksellers rose authors owners invention copyright see patterson copyright historical perspective ch although legal monopoly ended concerns monopolistic practices remained century english parliament resistant enhancement booksellers publishers entrenched position see rose supra country contrast competition among publishers printers booksellers intens time founding even rough analog stationers company horizon nachbar constructing copyright mythology green bag framers guarded future accumulation monopoly power booksellers publishers authorizing congress vest copyrights authors justice stevens even attempt explain parliament response england experience publishing monopoly may construed impose constitutional limitation congress power extend copyrights granted authors moreover precise duration federal copyright never fixed time initial grant act provided federal copyright term years work publication renewable additional years author survived applied additional term congress retained approach subsequent statutes see stewart abend since earliest copyright statute country copyright term ownership split original term renewal similarly method measuring copyright terms established act retained ctea baseline copyright term measured part life author rendering duration indeterminate time grant see act justice stevens sweep away decisions asserting graham john deere kansas city flatly contradicts post nothing wishful thinking underpins assertion controversy graham involved patent extension graham addressed invention eligibility patent protection spent words congress power enlarge patent duration justice stevens recites words sears roebuck stiffel supporting uncontroversial proposition state may extend life patent beyond expiration date boldly asserts reasons congress may either see post sears placed reins congress authority extend patent life full sentence sears justice stevens extracts words reads obviously state consistently supremacy clause constitution extend life patent beyond expiration date give patent article lacked level invention required federal patents point insistently made sears less may enact measures inconsistent federal patent laws ibid state encroach upon federal patent laws directly give protection kind clashes objectives federal patent decision thus rooted supremacy clause turned around shrink congressional choices also unavailing justice stevens appeal language found private letter written james madison post see also dissenting opinion breyer post respondent points better demonstrat ion post stevens dissenting madison framers understanding scope congress power extend patents thomas jefferson first administrator patent system perhaps founder narrowest view copyright patent powers signed patent term extensions law james madison drafted constitution limited times language issued extended patents laws secretary state madison president signed another patent term extension brief respondent justice stevens reads mcclurg convey congress change bargain public patentee way disadvantages patentee post mcclurg concerned change contrary justice stevens acknowledges mcclurg held use invention patentee employer invalidate inventor patent even might effect prior amendment patent statute post words mcclurg evaluated patentee rights simply light patent law force time patent issued also light changes ha since made thus inescapably plain mcclurg upheld application expanded patent protection existing patent justice breyer adopt heightened test constitutionality copyright enactments post invalidate ctea irrational part view harmonizing european union baseline copyright terms apparent ly fails achieve significant uniformity post see infra novelty rational basis approach presents plain cf board trustees univ garrett breyer dissenting review presumptions favoring constitutionality paradigm judicial restraint quoting fcc beach communications rather subjecting congress legislative choices copyright area heightened judicial scrutiny stressed role alter delicate balance congress labored achieve stewart abend congress exercise copyright clause authority must rational justice breyer stringent version rationality unknown literary property jurisprudence responding inquiry whether copyrights extended forever register copyrights marybeth peters emphasized dominant reason ctea certainly proponents perpetual copyright heard proceeding term extension songwriters guild suggested perpetual term however constitution says limited times really good indication limited times reason going today europe gone way copyright term film labeling film preservation legislation hearings et al subcommittee courts intellectual property house committee judiciary hereinafter house hearings author law review article cited text shira perlmutter currently vice president aol time warner time ctea enactment associate register policy international affairs copyright office see also austin copyright clause mandate isolationism arts cautioning isolationist reading copyright clause tension america international copyright relations last hundred years members congress expressed view result increases human longevity parents average age children born term adequately secure right profit licensing one work one lifetime take pride comfort knowing one children haps children might also benefit one posthumous popularity cong rec statement feinstein see cong rec daily ed statement hatch among main developments compelling reconsideration act term effect demographic trends increasing longevity trend toward rearing children later life effectiveness term provide adequate protection american creators also cited failure copyright term keep pace substantially increased commercial life copyrighted works resulting rapid growth communications media ibid statement hatch cf sony beginning law copyright developed response significant changes technology new developments occurred country congress fashioned new rules new technology made justice breyer urges economic incentives accompanying copyright term extension insignificant mov author rational economic perspective post see post calibrating rational economic incentives however like fashion ing new rules light new technology sony task primarily congress courts congress heard testimony number prominent artists expressed belief copyright system assurance fair compensation heirs incentive create see house hearings statement quincy jones copyright term extension act hearings senate committee judiciary statement bob dylan statement henley statement carlos santana take congress task crediting evidence justice breyer acknowledges reflects general propositions value incentives undeniably true post congress also heard testimony register copyrights marybeth peters others regarding economic incentives created ctea according register extending copyright existing works provide additional income finance production distribution new works house hearings authors able continue create register explained unless earned income finished works public benefits author original work also creations although truism may illustrated many ways one best examples noah webster supported entire family earnings speller grammar twenty years took complete dictionary justice breyer agrees congress intend act unconstitutionally enacted ctea post yet next breath seems make accusation ibid else one glean selection scattered statements individual members congress identify statement statutory text installs perpetual copyright none even statutory text sufficiently ambiguous warrant recourse legislative history justice breyer selections sort accords high value surveying legislative history repeatedly stated authoritative source finding legislature intent lies committee reports bill represen considered collective understanding members congress involved drafting studying proposed legislation garcia quoting zuber allen house senate reports accompanying ctea reflect purpose make copyright forever thing notably senate report expressly acknowledged constitution clearly precludes congress granting unlimited protection copyrighted works disclaimed intent contravene prohibition ibid members congress instrumental ctea passage spoke similar effect see cong rec daily ed mar statement coble observing copyright protection limited time erpetual protection benefit society justice breyer nevertheless insists economic effect ctea make copyright term virtually perpetual post relying formulas assumptions provided amicus brief supporting petitioners stresses ctea creates copyright term worth value perpetual copyright post justice breyer calculations basis holding ctea unconstitutional act surely fall well assumptions indulges term set act secures value perpetual term see brief george akerloff et al amici curiae describing relevant formula indeed analysis even limited character acts might suspect justice breyer several times places founding fathers side see post doubtful however architects nation framing limited times prescription thought terms calculator rather calendar respondent notes ctea baseline term expected produce average copyright duration years term resembles durational practices law leases real property bequests within rule perpetuities brief respondent whether referents mark outer boundary limited times us today justice breyer suggests ctea baseline term extends beyond typically permitted traditional rule perpetuities post traditional rule looks lives plus years rule period bequest vests easily equal exceed anticipated average copyright term ctea example vesting period deed defined reference life infant sum measuring life plus years commonly add years justice stevens characterization reward author secondary consideration copyright law post internal quotation marks omitted understates relationship rewards progress science explained economic philosophy behind copyright lause conviction encouragement individual effort personal gain best way advance public welfare talents authors inventors mazer stein accordingly copyright law celebrates profit motive recognizing incentive profit exploitation copyrights redound public benefit resulting proliferation knowledge profit motive engine ensures progress science american geophysical union texaco supp sdny aff rewarding authors creative labor promot ing progress thus complementary james madison observed copyright public good fully coincides claims individuals federalist rossiter ed justice breyer assertion copyright statutes must serve public private ends post similarly misses mark two ends mutually exclusive copyright law serves public ends providing individuals incentive pursue private ones noted see supra petitioners seek distinguish act followed argue requiring authors seeking protection surrender whatever rights state law act enhanced uniformity certainty thus promote progress see brief petitioners account act simply confirms however first congress understood promote progress extending copyright protection existing works every subsequent adjustment copyright duration including ctea reflects similar understanding justice stevens post refers legislative veto held unconstitutional ins chadha observes reached decision despite impact federal laws geared contemporary political system white dissenting placing existing works parity future works copyright purposes contrast similarly pragmatic endeavor responsive modern times measure kind congress enacted patent copyright clause authority since founding generation see supra standard copyright assignment agreements reflect expectation see kohn kohn music licensing ed short form copyright assignment musical composition assignor conveys rights work including copyrights proprietary rights therein versions said musical composition renewals extensions thereof whether presently available subsequently available result intervening legislation emphasis added nimmer nimmer copyright short form copyright assignment assignor conveys assets relating work including without limitation copyrights renewals extensions thereof form agreement composer assigns producer rights copyrights rights copyright otherwise whether hereafter known renewals extensions may hereafter exist fact patent copyright involve different exchanges course mean may guided limited times analysis congress repeated extensions existing patents see supra patent quid pro quo exacting copyright congress repeated extensions existing patents without constitutional objection suggests even strongly similar legislation respect copyrights constitutionally permissible petitioners originally framed argument implicating ctea extension existing future copyrights see pet cert however train ctea extension existing copyrights urge consideration ctea first amendment validity applied future copyrights see brief petitioners reply brief tr oral arg therefore consider petitioners argument limited note however petitioners explain first amendment argument moored line urge us draw say whether free speech argument applies copyright duration aspects copyright protection notably scope persuaded petitioners attempt distinguish harper row ground involved infringement suit rather declaratory action kind presented respondent observes legal question arise either posture see brief respondent postures appropriate construe copyright internal safeguards accommodate first amendment concerns cf video incumbent upon us read statute eliminate serious constitutional doubts long reading plainly contrary intent footnotes justice harlan wrote brief concurrence disagree statement justice black statement echoed portion attorney general wirt argument gibbons ogden wheat law congress declares inventors useful improvements throughout shall entitled exclusive right discoveries fourteen years law declares inventor shall entitled exclusive use discovery thirty years much longer state shall permit law congress limiting exclusive right fourteen years effect declares expiration time discovery shall common right whole people attorney general wirt made precise point argument gibbons ogden limitation advantage inventor society large take benefit invention period limitation expired patentee pays duty patent effective source revenue virtually contract patentee people time exclusive secure enjoyment limited benefit discovery results public acknowledges proposition uncontroversial today see ante overlooks fact highly controversial early see infra assumes sears holding rested entirely effect congressional statutes even though opinion like opinions graham john deere kansas city bonito boats thunder craft boats also relied effect constitutional provision least framers recognized constitution imposed limitation even congress acted demonstrated madison letter quoted infra copyright law like patent statutes makes reward owner secondary consideration fox film doyal chief justice hughes spoke follows respecting copyright monopoly granted congress sole interest primary object conferring monopoly lie general benefits derived public labors authors said reward author artist serves induce release public products creative genius copy bill specifically identified found though strong support exists considering bill session see walterscheid promote progress useful arts american patent law administration pp hereinafter walterscheid bill reprinted documentary history idea appropriating district territory encouragement imported inventions new worthy consideration apprehend however clause constitution forbids patents purpose lie equally way expedient congress seem tied single mode encouraging inventions granting exclusive benefit limited time therefore power give encouragement fund land fund money fetter national legislature tho unfortunate one deliberate one latitude authority wished strongly urged expressly rejected madison description clause fetter national legislature fully consistent opinion graham importantly even first act required quid pro quo order receive federal copyright protection order receive protection act author first required register work person shall entitled benefit act cases map chart book books hath already printed published unless shall first deposit cases unless shall publication deposit printed copy title map chart book books clerk office district author proprietor shall reside stat registration requirement federal district requirement obviously required various state laws protecting written works illustrates act created new rights rather extending existing rights respondent reformulation questions presented case confuses basic distinction granted certiorari consider question circuit err holding congress power copyright clause extend retroactively term existing copyrights respondent reformulation first question presented whether extension terms unexpired copyrights violates copyright clause constitution insofar applies works existence took effect significantly changes substance inquiry changing focus federal statute issue irrelevant protections brief respondent indeed reformulation violated rule brief merits may raise additional questions change substance questions already presented petition certiorari letter member parliament concerning bill depending making effectual act year reign queen anne entituled act encouragement learning vesting copies printed books authors purchasers document reproduced goldsmiths kress library economic literature segment printed books microfilm reel see ch stat patent expired three months ch stat patent expired two years ch stat patent expired five months ch stat patent expired two years ch stat patent expired nearly four years ch stat patent expired two years ch stat patent expired six years ch stat patent expired nearly four years ch stat patent expired two years period decision wheaton effect clause also matter serious debate within legal profession indeed argument gibbons ogden defenders new york grant monopoly passenger trade new jersey manhattan argued clause actually interpreted confirming state authority grant monopoly privileges supplemented federal grant argument course flatly inconsistent recent unanimous decision bonito boats thundercraft boats although attorney general wirt urged endorse present interpretation clause implicit limitations unsettled copyright act passed true majority points ante graham expressly overrule earlier cases graham address issue whether congress revive expired patents observation even arguably justify reliance set old circuit cases support proposition inconsistent present understanding limits imposed clause unanimous recently endorsed precise analysis majority seeks characterize wishful thinking ante see bonito boats congress may create patent monopolies unlimited duration may authorize issuance patents whose effects remove existent knowledge public domain restrict free access materials already quoting graham indeed lodging motion picture association america amicus curiae illustrates significant creative work involved releasing classics casablanca digital video disc dvd contains documentary must remember hosted lauren bacall featuring recently unearthed outtakes introduction lauren bacall disc cover text similarly citizen kane dvd includes wo audio commentaries one film critic roger ebert biographer peter bogdanovich gallery storyboards rare photos alternate ad campaigns studio correspondence call sheets memorabilia addition documentary disc cover text similarly validity earlier retroactive extensions copyright protection issue case decide question presented need consider whether reliance expectation interests established prior extensions passed years ago alter result cf heckler mathews recognized number contexts legitimacy protecting reasonable reliance prior law even requires allowing unconstitutional statute remain effect limited period time interests issue act review case passed four years ago challenge since shortly enactment