Bono Copyright Term Extension Act – also known as the Copyright Term Extension Act, Sonny Bono Act, or (derisively) the Mickey Mouse Protection Act – extended...

The copyright term is the length of time copyright subsists in a work before it passes into the public domain. In most of the world, this length of time...

The Copyright Act of 1976 is a United States copyright law and remains the primary basis of copyright law in the United States, as amended by several...

his death in 1998. The United States Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, which extended the term of copyright by 20 years, was named in honor of Bono...

Under the Copyright Term Extension Act, books published in 1928, films released in 1928, and other works published in 1928, enter the public domain in...

work's copyright term ends, the work passes into the public domain. The Berne Convention stipulates that the duration of the term for copyright protection...

States upholding the constitutionality of the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA). The practical result of this was to prevent a number...

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a 1998 United States copyright law that implements two 1996 treaties of the World Intellectual Property...

The Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act (OCILLA) is United States federal law that creates a conditional 'safe harbor' for online service...

changes in the Act included: Extension of the original copyright term from 14 years to 28 years, with an option to renew the copyright for another 14...