copyright restoration. Golan filed for certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States asking for the Court to hear the case. On March 7, 2011, the Court granted the writ of certiorari. Oral argument was held October 5, 2011. On June 12, 2011, the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP, Petrucci Music Library) announced they would submit an amicus curiae brief in the case; a group of Harvard Law School students, supervised by Professor Charles Nesson, represented IMSLP. Other parties that filed amicus curiae briefs include: The Electronic Frontier Foundation on behalf of the Internet Archive and the University of Michigan Dean of Libraries. Joining were the Wikimedia Foundation, the American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the Association of Research Libraries. H. Tomas Gomez-Arostegui (Lewis & Clark Law School) and Tyler T. Ochoa (Santa Clara University School of Law) The Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund Professor Daniel J. Gervais (Professor at Vanderbilt University Law School) Public Knowledge The Cato Institute Peter Decherney Heartland Angels Creative Commons Public Domain Interests The Justice and Freedom Fund Professors and Fellows from the Information Society Project at Yale Law School The American Civil Liberties Union The Conductors Guild The Music Library Association The American Library Association (which also joined the Internet Archive's brief) The College Art Association Google The International Publishers Association The International Coalition for Copyright Protection The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) The American Bar Association The Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property The American Intellectual Property Law Association. Decision On January 18, 2012, the Supreme Court affirmed the Tenth Circuit's decision 6–2. The majority opinion was written by Justice Ginsburg and joined by Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Sotomayor. The dissent was written by Justice Breyer and joined by Justice Alito. Justice Kagan recused. The majority held that "The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Berne), which took effect in 1886, is the principal accord governing international copyright relations." The court also held that changing the term of copyright for works in such a way that it diminishes or eliminates rights in the work (in this case the right of the public to the works) does not violate the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment. Dissenting opinion Breyer, dissenting, wrote: See also List