Hal Roach Studios and Michael Aggee
Amici Curiae
H. Jefferson Powell, Counsel of RecordMichael Aggee is chairman of Hal Roach Studios, which restores and markets vintage motion pictures and television programs. H. Jefferson Powell is a professor at Duke University School of Law, where he teaches contracts and constitutional law and history. He has published five books and numerous articles on the subject. He received his law degree from Yale University in 1982. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on May 20, 2002.The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA) extends the term of existing…
