CTEA
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CTEA is the commonly used acronym for the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, a U.S. law that lengthened the duration of copyright protection.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4486499 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CTEA Context triple: [Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, hasAlternativeName, CTEA]
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A.
CTU
CTU is a commonly used abbreviation that can refer to various organizations or concepts, most notably the Counter Terrorist Unit in the television series "24."
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B.
TEC
TEC is the commonly used acronym for the Episcopal Church, a mainline Anglican Christian denomination based in the United States.
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C.
TCAT
TCAT is the public bus transit system serving Ithaca and the surrounding Tompkins County area in New York State.
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D.
CTN
CTN is the ICAO airline designator used to identify Croatia Airlines in international aviation operations.
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E.
TAE
TAE is the station code for Terminal Aérea, a Mexico City Metro station serving passengers traveling to and from the city’s international airport.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CTEA Target entity description: CTEA is the commonly used acronym for the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, a U.S. law that lengthened the duration of copyright protection.
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A.
CTU
CTU is a commonly used abbreviation that can refer to various organizations or concepts, most notably the Counter Terrorist Unit in the television series "24."
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B.
TEC
TEC is the commonly used acronym for the Episcopal Church, a mainline Anglican Christian denomination based in the United States.
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C.
TCAT
TCAT is the public bus transit system serving Ithaca and the surrounding Tompkins County area in New York State.
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D.
CTN
CTN is the ICAO airline designator used to identify Croatia Airlines in international aviation operations.
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E.
TAE
TAE is the station code for Terminal Aérea, a Mexico City Metro station serving passengers traveling to and from the city’s international airport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
ⓘ
copyright law ⓘ |
| acronymFor | Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act ⓘ |
| affects |
authors
ⓘ
entertainment industry ⓘ public domain ⓘ publishers ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Copyright Term Extension Act
ⓘ
linked to:
Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act
Mickey Mouse Protection Act ⓘ
linked to:
Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act
|
| amends |
Copyright Act of 1976
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Copyright Act
|
| appliesTo |
existing copyrighted works
ⓘ
future copyrighted works ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | Title 17 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| constitutionalChallengeOutcome | upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticizedFor | delaying entry of works into the public domain ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 1998-10-27 ⓘ |
| effectOnPublicDomain | postponed expiration of many copyrights ⓘ |
| enactedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| extendsCopyrightTermFor |
corporate works
ⓘ
works by individual authors ⓘ works made for hire ⓘ |
| extendsExistingTermsBy | 20 years ⓘ |
| fullName | Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States federal government
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| legalDomain | copyright law ⓘ |
| legislativeChamberOfOrigin | United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| legislativeGoal | harmonize U.S. copyright terms with the European Union ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Sonny Bono ⓘ |
| policyArea |
cultural policy
ⓘ
economic policy ⓘ |
| previousTermForCorporateWorks | 75 years from publication ⓘ |
| previousTermForIndividualAuthors | life of the author plus 50 years ⓘ |
| primaryEffect | lengthened duration of copyright protection in the United States ⓘ |
| publicLawNumber | Public Law 105-298 ⓘ |
| relatedCase | Eldred v. Ashcroft ⓘ |
| signedBy | Bill Clinton ⓘ |
| signingPresident | Bill Clinton ⓘ |
| sponsoredBy | Sonny Bono ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
copyright term
ⓘ
intellectual property ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
The Walt Disney Company
ⓘ
major entertainment companies ⓘ |
| supremeCourtDecisionYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| termForCorporateWorks |
120 years from creation
ⓘ
95 years from publication ⓘ |
| termForIndividualAuthors | life of the author plus 70 years ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1998 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: CTEA Description of subject: CTEA is the commonly used acronym for the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, a U.S. law that lengthened the duration of copyright protection.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.