Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act

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The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act is a 1998 U.S. law that lengthened the duration of copyright protection, often associated with extending terms for works like those of Disney’s Mickey Mouse.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
copyright law ⓘ
affects public domain timing in the United States ⓘ
amends Title 17 of the United States Code ⓘ
U.S. Copyright Act of 1976 ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Copyright Act
associatedWith Mickey Mouse ⓘ
The Walt Disney Company ⓘ
codifiedIn 17 U.S.C. ⓘ
constitutionalChallenge Eldred v. Ashcroft ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
criticizedFor benefiting large copyright holders ⓘ
perpetual copyright concerns ⓘ
reducing the growth of the public domain ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
extendsCopyrightTermFor corporate authorship works ⓘ
individual authors ⓘ
works made for hire ⓘ
extendsTermTo 120 years from creation for works made for hire ⓘ
95 years from publication for works made for hire ⓘ
life of the author plus 70 years ⓘ
hasAlternativeName CTEA ⓘ
Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 ⓘ
implementsOrAlignsWith Berne Convention term standards ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal law ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
longTitle An Act to amend the provisions of title 17, United States Code, with respect to the duration of copyright, and for other purposes ⓘ
namedAfter Sonny Bono ⓘ
previousCorporateTerm 75 years from publication ⓘ
previousGeneralTerm life of the author plus 50 years ⓘ
primaryEffect delayed entry of many works into the public domain ⓘ
lengthened duration of copyright protection in the United States ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 105-298 ⓘ
relatedCase Eldred v. Ashcroft ⓘ
shortTitle Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act ⓘ
signedBy Bill Clinton ⓘ
signingDate 1998-10-27 ⓘ
sponsorInHouse Mary Bono ⓘ
subjectMatter copyright term ⓘ
intellectual property ⓘ
supportedBy major entertainment companies ⓘ
motion picture industry ⓘ
recording industry ⓘ
typeOfChange term extension ⓘ
upheldBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
upheldInYear 2003 ⓘ
yearEnacted 1998 ⓘ

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Title 17 of the United States Code → amendedBy → Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act ⓘ
Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act → hasAlternativeName → Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 ⓘ
linked to: Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act
Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act → shortTitle → Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act ⓘ
CTEA → fullName → Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act ⓘ
CTEA → acronymFor → Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act ⓘ
CTEA → alsoKnownAs → Copyright Term Extension Act ⓘ
linked to: Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act
CTEA → alsoKnownAs → Mickey Mouse Protection Act ⓘ
linked to: Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act
Public Law 105-298 → hasOfficialName → Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act ⓘ
Public Law 105-298 → hasShortName → Copyright Term Extension Act ⓘ
linked to: Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act
Eldred v. Ashcroft → statuteInterpreted → Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act ⓘ
Eldred v. Ashcroft → holding → the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act is constitutional ⓘ
linked to: Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act
Eldred v. Ashcroft → keyword → Sonny Bono Act ⓘ
linked to: Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act