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Why doesn’t this happen every year?
by linkmotif 8y ago
Why doesn’t this happen every year?
- dlbucci 8y agoCopyright length has been increased several times over the past century, so before any copyrights can expire, they get extended. "Oddly enough", each time, the extensions "coincidentally" tend to happen right before the Mickey Mouse copyright expires.
- tzs 8y agoThe only copyright extensions that affected Micky Mouse were the 1998 Act mentioned in the article, and the 1976 Act.
- JustSomeNobody 8y agoSonny Bono happened.
- eldridgea 8y agoAFAIK, there have been several legislation changes (often at the behest of Disney) to extend copyright protection length. It was often done retroactively through several years of content. So many years of material were extended through this specific year instead of works expiring for a particular limit for work (e.g. 75 years).
- aidenn0 8y agoIt will from now on going forward, unless congress extends the copyright length again. 20 years ago congress retroactively extended copyright for 20 years.
- jeremyjh 8y agoThis is explained in the SP.