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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute
copyright law
acronymFor Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act NERFINISHED
affects authors
entertainment industry
public domain
publishers
alsoKnownAs Copyright Term Extension Act NERFINISHED
Mickey Mouse Protection Act NERFINISHED
amends Copyright Act of 1976 NERFINISHED
appliesTo existing copyrighted works
future copyrighted works
codifiedIn Title 17 of the United States Code NERFINISHED
constitutionalChallengeOutcome upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court
country United States of America
surface form: United States
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 NERFINISHED
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
legalDomain copyright law
legislativeChamberOfOrigin United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED
legislativeGoal harmonize U.S. copyright terms with the European Union
namedAfter Sonny Bono NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
relatedCase Eldred v. Ashcroft NERFINISHED
signedBy Bill Clinton
signingPresident Bill Clinton NERFINISHED
sponsoredBy Sonny Bono NERFINISHED
subjectMatter copyright term
intellectual property
supportedBy The Walt Disney Company NERFINISHED
major entertainment companies
supremeCourtDecisionYear 2003
termForCorporateWorks 120 years from creation
95 years from publication
termForIndividualAuthors life of the author plus 70 years
yearEnacted 1998

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