Of Mice and MusicSonny Bono

Copyright Term Extension Act

By Katharyn Daniel

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Outline• Who was Sonny Bono and why is this act

named for him?• What else is this act called?• When was this act conceived and when was it

passed? • What did this act do?• Who was opposed to the Act and why?• Challenges to the act- and why they failed• What’s our verdict?

Who was Sonny Bono and why is this act named for

him?

What else is this act called?

Mickey Mouse Protection Act

CTEA, Copyright Term Extension Act

S.505 [105th Congress]

When was this act conceived and when was it passed?

• Initial push for legislation came years earlier• Signed into law on October 27, 1998

What did this act do?

Who was opposed to the Act and why?

• Copyright and intellectual property law professors led by Dennis Karjala• online publishers• librarians “Slippery Slope!”

“Free Mickey Mouse!”

Public Domain=Constitutional right!

Challenges to the act- and why they failed

What’s our verdict?

• Who agrees with CTEA?• The importance of this Act to us.

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•Karjala, D.S. (1998). Statement of Copyright and Intellectual Property Law Professors in Opposition to H.R. 604, H.R. 2589, AND S. 505 "The Copyright Term Extension Act". Retrieved October 20, 2011 from http://homepages.law.asu.edu/~dkarjala/OpposingCopyrightExtension/

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•Sonny Bono Biography. (2011). A&E Television Networks. Retrieved October 24, 2011 from http://www.biography.com/people/sonny-bono-9542076

•Tin Pan Alley: 1880-1953. (2002-2011). Retrieved October 17, 2011 from http://songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/eras/C1002

•US Government. (1998). Copyright Term Extension Act. Retrieved September 12, 2011 from www.copyright.gov/legislation/s505.

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References Continued

Image References•Anti-Mickey Eternal Copyright image. Retrieved September 15, 2011

from http://community.cengage.com/GECResource/blogs/bus_law/archive/2011/08/18/the-1978-albums-of-billy-joel-bruce-springsteen-the-eagles-the-doobie-brothers-and-copyright-termination-rights.aspx•Ballot Box images. Microsoft Clip Art.•Bono Headshot image. Retrieved September 15, 2011 from

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000622•Bono Intro Slide image. Retrieved September 15, 2011 from

http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Bono,_Sonny/gallery/P58001p11118np1hr/•Copyright Chart image. Retrieved September 12, 2011 from

http://www.tomwbell.com/writings/(C)_Term.html•Eldred Cartoon image. Retrieved October 17, 2011 from

http://blog.richmond.edu/f10lawe655/files/2010/08/eldred.jpg

Image References continued•Mary Bono Mack image. Retrieved October 24, 2011 from

http://www.marybono.com/about/•Mickey background image. Retrieved September 15, 2011 from

http://www.layoutsparks.com/1/166737/mickey-mouse-3-cute.html•Sonny and Cher Album image. Retrieved September 25, 2011 from

http://www.altnet.com/album/1820917/I_Got_You_Babe_Its_Gonna_Rain_[Digital_45].aspx

•Sonny Bono Grave image. Retrieved October 24, 2011 from http://www.toadhaven.com/famous%20gravesites.html

• Steamboat Willie image. Retrieved September 16, 2011 from http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1859935,00.html

•Tin Pan Alley plaque image. Retrieved October 24, 2011 from http://www.yourjazzshow.com/

•Top Hat Mickey image. Retrieved September 15, 2011 from http://piclesedollar.net/disney-vai-perder-a-patente-de-mickey-mouse

Music Reference

•Bono, S. (1965). The Revolution Kind. Legal digital copy purchased through Amazon.com and in the possession of PowerPoint author.