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	Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act - FreeEncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Copyright owners successfully lobbied Congress for an extension of copyright, to provide for the same term of protection as exists in Europe.
		Mary Bono, speaking on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, noted that "Sonny wanted the term of copyright protection to last forever", but that since she was "informed by staff that such a change would violate the Constitution", Congress might consider Jack Valenti's proposal of a copyright term of "forever less one day".
		Opponents of the Bono Act consider the legislation to be little more than corporate welfare and had tried (and failed) to challenge its constitutionality, claiming that such an act is not "necessary and proper" to achieve the purpose of "promot[ing] the progress of science and useful arts".
	openproxy.ath.cx /so/Sonny_Bono_Copyright_Term_Extension_Act.html (703 words)

	Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		After the act, copyrights lasted the life of the author, plus seventy years in the case of individual works, or 75 to 95 years in the case of works of corporate authorship and works first published before January 1, 1978.
		Copyright owners successfully lobbylobbied the Congress of the United StatesU.S. Congress for an extension of copyright, to provide for the same term of protection as exists in Europe/.
		The act was named after the late Congressman Sonny Bono, who had favored this position as a songwriter and filmmaker even prior to his entry into politics.
	www.infothis.com /find/Sonny_Bono_Copyright_Term_Extension_Act (1141 words)

	Copyright Term Extension Final Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In general, the bill extends the term of copyright protection in the United States by 20 years for all works still in their term of protection.
		for works in their renewal term on the effective date of the new law, protection will endure for a term of 95 years from the date copyright was originally secured (for example, a work first published in 1955 would be protected through the year 2050).
		For example, if a song was published in 1935 and its copyright assigned in that same year, the owner of the termination interest in the song would have had the opportunity, during a period of five years beginning in 1991, to exercise his/her termination right under section 304(c).
	www.nmpa.org /nmpa/termfinal.html (826 words)

	NINCH: Copyright Town Meeting 2000
		And finally, there are those works whose copyright term has expired, i.e., the work's statutory term of protection (now the "life of the author plus 70 years for most works) has ended and the work enters the public domain.
		The economic aspect of the copyright equation - giving creators a limited monopoly on their works-- is receiving increasing emphasis at the expense of the other end of the equation -- the public good.
		In the first Copyright Act of 1790, copyright term was set at 14 years with a possibility of extension for another 14 years.
	www.ninch.org /copyright/2000/chicagozorich.html (2572 words)

	Congresswoman Mary Bono (CA44) - Press Release -Bono: Uphold Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This bill, passed by Congress in 1998, extends copyright protection for creators from 50 years after the death of the creator to 70 years.
		Copyrighted works should have protections which strike a delicate balance between the various constitutional interests at stake.
		In addition, major differences in copyright terms between the United States and Europe would negatively affect the international operations of the entertainment industry.
	www.house.gov /bono/press2002/copyrightcourt.html (270 words)

	Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA) Upheld by Supreme Court
		The Court held in a 7-2 opinion issued on January 15, 2003, that the decision to increase the term of existing copyrights to seventy years was within Congress' discretion and was consistent with the Constitution's Copyright Clause and the First Amendment.
		The Court buttressed its reasoning in part on the European Union's recent directive to its members to establish a copyright terms of 70 years, and made passing reference to "demographic, economic and technological changes" that influenced Congress' determination that longer copyright terms are socially desirable.
		Amy C. Sullivan is an attorney with Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier and Neustadt, P.C. of Alexandria, Virginia and focuses her practice in the areas of copyright and trademark litigation.
	www.oblon.com /Ip/CTEAsonnybono0103.html (672 words)

	Sonny Bono Is Dead
		This project is a protest against the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, which passed through Congress in 1998 and was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year.
		This act diminished the public's ability to access older works while granting more control to corporations anxious to preserve a few copyrights from the 1920's.
		Copyright law continues to expand and defeat its original purpose of promoting advances in the arts and sciences.
	detritus.net /illegalart/sonnybono (264 words)

	CTEA Civil Disobedience (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 added twenty years to the terms of all subsisting copyrights in the United States of America without the public getting anything in return.
		It passed a copyright term extension in 1976 and another (the Bono Act) in 1998, in response to lobbying from the Walt Disney Company, whose monopolies on Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse would have expired soon after 1998.
		The Court stated that though the Bono Act is "debatable and unwise", the Congress is the final judge of what "promote[s] the Progress of Science" and implied that Eldred, Lessig, and other proponents of short copyright terms should take their fight to Capitol Hill instead.
	www.pineight.com /bono (782 words)

	Society Issues Intellectual Property Copyrights Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Copyright Term Extensions Constitutional - Argues that the Foreign Commerce Clause of the US Constitution supports the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.
		Reno case to overturn the copyright extension act.
		Copyright Term Extension: Congress Enacts a Mickey Mouse Law and Legislation for the New Millennium - News of CTEA and other "intellectual property" laws passed by Congress.
	www.iper1.com /iper1-odp/scat/id/Society/Issues/Intellectual_Property/Copyrights/Sonny_Bono_Copyright_Term_Extension_Act (756 words)

	TechNews.com
		The law adds 20 years to the term of all copyrights -- authors of copyrighted works (and their estates) now hold a copyright up to 70 years after the author's death, while owners of so-called work-for-hire copyrights (typically corporations) now hold copyrights for 95 years.
		The Walt Disney Co. is one of the most vocal supporters of copyright extensions, especially for the earliest incarnations of Mickey Mouse, such as 1928's rodent prototype, "Steamboat Willie." Its chief lobbyist is Preston Padden.
		Copyright laws are not restrictions on freedom of speech because they protect the form of expression and not the ideas expressed.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/technology/articles/eldredprimer_100902.htm (1180 words)

	Openlaw: Eldred v. Ashcroft
		Congress has extended copyright terms eleven times in the last 40 years, each time further distorting the balance between private incentive and enrichment of the public domain.
		The Bono Act was the 11th extension of copyright terms in the last 40 years.
		Eric Eldred and we at the Berkman Center think the Sonny Bono Act robs the American public of the rich and diverse public domain guaranteed by the Constitution.
	cyber.law.harvard.edu /openlaw/eldredvreno (824 words)

	New Rules for Using Public Domain Materials (What's in the Public Domain: PD and Copyright-Free, Expired ...
		The CTEA amended the Copyright Act by extending the term of protection for works currently in their renewal term from 75 years to 95 years.
		Under the old Copyright Act, before 1978, we had a sensible system in which you were required to both register and renew your copyright in order to enjoy copyright protection.
		However, the copyright owner was given the option to renew the copyright for an additional period of 28-years during the last year of the initial term.
	copylaw.com /new_articles/PublicDomain.html (2217 words)

	Sonny Bono Term Extension Act Extends Copyright Terms
		The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, signed into law on October 27, 1998, amends the copyright laws by extending the duration of copyright protection.
		In general, copyright terms were extended for an additional 20 years.
		For pre-1978 works still in their original or renewal term of copyright, the total term is extended to 95 years from the date that copyright was originally secured.
	www.keytlaw.com /Copyrights/sonybono.htm (288 words)

	PRIMER ON THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM
		At the same time the digital agenda was being discussed, copyright owners pressed Congress for another legal reform - extension of the term of protection from life of the author plus 50 (75 years in the case of work for hire) to life plus 70 (95 years for work for hire).
		Passage of copyright term extension, which was a popular bill, should have occurred several years ago; however, passage was held up by disputes involving music licensing in connection with religious broadcasts and public performances in restaurants and bars.
		Since the 1976 Act took effect, the general term for copyright was changed from two terms of twenty-eight (28) years (an original and a renewal term) to life of the author plus 50 years or 75 years, in the case of works made for hire.
	www.arl.org /info/frn/copy/primer.html (10887 words)

	Reason magazine -- March 2000, Copy Catfight by Jesse Walker
		Corporate-owned copyrights were also extended by two decades, to 95 years, as were all copyrights for works produced before 1978.
		Some have copyrights that have expired; others were never copyrighted; with others, no one's sure who owns the rights at all, and someone decided to release the films anyway.
		Copyright has traditionally been tempered by the doctrine of "fair use," which allows a limited amount of appropriation for the purpose of parody or criticism.
	www.reason.com /0003/fe.jw.copy.html (4541 words)

	Patry on Termination in Copyright. The Importance of...: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		For those unfamiliar with this aspect of copyright law, termination means that if you licensed your copyright to some person or entity, you (or your heirs) can get the copyright back to take advantage of the new, extended term, if you comply with some complex formalities.
		Patry writes that the inalienable aspect of the termination right is due to a failure of the renewal requirement (28years of copyright, then you have to renew in the last year of the original term for another 28 years) to let artists have a second bite at the apple.
		Congress therefore considered the renewal term to be an opportunity for the author or his or her heirs to renegotiate the terms of an assignment made during the original term.
	www.corante.com /importance/archives/2005/06/09/patry_on_termination_in_copyright.php (778 words)

	Copyright Term Extension Act
		What the DMCA and the Copyright Term Extension Act Mean to the Library Community, Primer by Arnold Lutzker (2/5/99)
		On January 15, 2003, the Court upheld the Copyright Term Extension Act by a 7-2 majority.
		This permission is in addition to rights of reproduction granted under Sections 107, 108, and other provisions of the U.S. Copyright Act.
	www.arl.org /info/frn/copy/extension.html (377 words)

	FindLaw's Writ - Sprigman: The Mouse That Ate The Public Domain
		Disney's copyright on Mickey Mouse, who made his screen debut in the 1928 cartoon short "Steamboat Willie," was due to expire in 2003, and Disney's rights to Pluto, Goofy and Donald Duck were to expire a few years later.
		John Deere Co., where it held that the "qualified authority" that the Copyright Clause grants "is limited to the promotion of advances in [science and] the 'useful arts'." In contrast, the copyright grant is not itself the enumerated power; it is merely the instrument through which progress may be realized.
		The argument is that Congress's repeated extensions (the CTEA is but the latest of 11 acts that have stretched the copyright term from 14 years to beyond 100 years) have rendered meaningless the stricture that exclusive rights may be granted only for "limited times."
	writ.news.findlaw.com /commentary/20020305_sprigman.html (2080 words)

	The Chronicle: Daily news: 02/20/2002 -- 02
		Ashcroft, concerns the constitutionality of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, which protects the copyright of material for 70 years after its author's death.
		But he said that, with the Copyright Term Extension Act, Congress is aiming for unlimited protection by retroactively extending copyright for materials already published.
		Published materials used in the classroom are often exempt from copyright laws, because of the fair-use doctrine.
	chronicle.com /free/2002/02/2002022002t.htm (771 words)

	Eldred v. Ashcroft
		This site collects material related to the constitutional challenge of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, which extended by 20 years both existing copyrights and future copyrights.
		Eric Eldred is the lead plaintiff on the case (for other plaintiffs, click here), and on May 20, 2002, opening briefs were filed in the Supreme Court.
		The Court won't rule on our case before January 11, 2003, but if the Supreme Court strikes down the Sonny Bono Act, then next year we will be allowed to sing Happy Birthday To You!
	eldred.cc /eldredvashcroft.html (402 words)

	Wired 10.10: Lawrence Lessig's Supreme Showdown
		To Lessig, the extension was a power grab, particularly troubling in the world of the Internet, where copyright is a bigger club than in the predigital world.
		The Bono Act was a prime example of how the law could starve that commons.
		The obvious way was to say that with its most recent extension, Congress had finally gone beyond any reasonable interpretation of what the framers could have meant by "limited." That approach hadn't worked in the past, so Lessig constructed a different argument.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/10.10/lessig.html?pg=5 (1049 words)

	Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act : Bono Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act : Bono Act
		They also claim that Congress has the power to pass whatever copyright term it wants because the language "To promote the progress of science and useful arts" in the United States Constitution isn't a substantive limitation on the powers of Congress, leaving only the restriction that copyrights may only be for a "limited time".
		It uses material from the wikipedia article Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act : Bono Act.
	www.eurofreehost.com /bo/Bono_Act_2.html (344 words)

	Save Orphan Works
		We've explained exactly what the copyright office is asking for, how and where to submit your email, and provided some examples of stories we've heard from others about how their creativity has been stalled when they've tried to use orphan works.
		The Copyright Office seeks to examine the issues raised by "orphan works," that is, copyrighted works whose owners are difficult or even impossible to locate.
		The Copyright Office requests written comments from all interested parties on whether there are compelling concerns raised by orphan works that merit a legislative, regulatory, or other solution, and if so, what type of solution could effectively address these concerns without conflicting with the legitimate interests of authors and right holders.
	www.eldred.cc (1351 words)

	BW Online \| September 27, 2002 \| A Case to Define the Digital Age
		That issue is whether Congress has the right to extend copyright law if the change does not promote the "progress of science and useful arts" as stated in Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
		Lessig and Co. says the 20-year extension is a land grab by greedy corporations, especially Disney (DIS), which fear that they'll lose billions of dollars if popular characters like Mickey Mouse enter the public domain.
		The reasoning: It was unfair to deny an extension to works on the cusp of entering the public domain because of legislative bickering.
	www.businessweek.com /technology/content/sep2002/tc20020927_7367.htm (1333 words)

	The Chronicle: Daily news: 04/09/2001 -- 01
		By ANDREA L. Eric Eldred, an online publisher of classic literature, challenged the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act of 1998, which keeps copyrighted works out of the public domain for an additional 20 years.
		The law allows copyright holders to maintain exclusive ownership of their artistic works for up to 95 years.
		In a 2-to-1 decision, the court sided with the government, which argued that retroactive term extensions are within Congressional authority under the copyright clause, and that the 20-year extension does not violate the First Amendment.
	chronicle.com /free/2001/04/2001040901t.htm (906 words)

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