www/philosophy misinterpreting-copyright.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       10/08/20 21:52:01

Modified files:
        philosophy     : misinterpreting-copyright.html 

Log message:
        Mention Mickey Mouse Copyright Act.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/misinterpreting-copyright.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.33&r2=1.34

Patches:
Index: misinterpreting-copyright.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/misinterpreting-copyright.html,v
retrieving revision 1.33
retrieving revision 1.34
diff -u -b -r1.33 -r1.34
--- misinterpreting-copyright.html      15 Jul 2010 09:51:15 -0000      1.33
+++ misinterpreting-copyright.html      20 Aug 2010 21:51:58 -0000      1.34
@@ -318,11 +318,14 @@
 incentive should be required substantiate the claim with projected
 balance sheets for 75 years in the future.</p>
 <p>
-Needless to say, Congress did not question the publishers' arguments: a
-law extending copyright was enacted in 1998.  It was called the Sonny
-Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, named after one of its sponsors who
-died earlier that year.  His widow, who served the rest of his term,
-made this statement:</p>
+Needless to say, Congress did not question the publishers' arguments:
+a law extending copyright was enacted in 1998.  It was officially
+called the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, named after one of
+its sponsors who died earlier that year.  We usually call it the
+Mickey Mouse Copyright Act, since we presume its real motive was to
+prevent the copyright on the appearance of Mickey Mouse from expiring.
+Bono's widow, who served the rest of his term, made this
+statement:</p>
 
 <blockquote><p>
 Actually, Sonny wanted the term of copyright protection to last
@@ -638,7 +641,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
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-$Date: 2010/07/15 09:51:15 $
+$Date: 2010/08/20 21:51:58 $
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