Government
Jan. 5, 2007
Ford's Main Legacy: 1976 Copyright Act
FORUM COLUMN - By Alan I. Cyrlin - Gerald Ford is remembered for pardoning Richard Nixon and playing center in college football, but intellectual property lawyers remember him for signing into law a wholesale revision of the copyright statute.




By Alan I. Cyrlin
What was Gerald R. Ford's most influential presidential act? Immediately after his death on Dec. 26, many in the media commented that his longest-lasting legacy would be his pardoning of Richard Nixon.
But in the later part of his term, Ford signed landmark legislation that continues to affect the economic and artistic rig...
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