RTV 3405 Lecture 15: 3
8 Mar 2017
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Disney"s copyright on mickey mouse, who made his screen debut in the (cid:883)(cid:891)(cid:884)(cid:890) cartoon (cid:498)steamboat willie,(cid:499) was due to expire in (cid:884)(cid:882)(cid:882)(cid:885) Disney"s rights to pluto, goofy, and donald duck were expiring a few. Prompted by the disney group"s donations of campaign cash more than . (cid:885) Rather than allow mickey and friends to enter the public domain, disney and its friends of hollywood studios, music labels, and pacs representing million in 1997 98, congress passed and pres. Clinton signed the sonny bono content owners told congress that they wanted an extension bill passed years later. Sonny bono copyright term extension act of 1998. Extended the term of protection by 20 years for works copyrighted. Works copyrighted by individuals since (cid:883)(cid:891)(cid:889)(cid:890) got (cid:498)life plus (cid:889)(cid:882)(cid:499) rather than the existing (cid:498)life plus (cid:887)(cid:882)(cid:499) Works made by or for corporations got 95 years. Works copyrights before 1978 where shielded for 95 years,
