In order to prevent Mickey Mouse from entering the public domain, Disney backed the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, which extended copyright protection by an extra 20 years. This act has been mockingly referred to as the “Mickey Mouse Protection Act.”

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  In order to prevent Mickey Mouse from entering the public domain, Disney backed the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, which extended copyright protection by an extra 20 years. This act has been mockingly referred to as the
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In order to prevent Mickey Mouse from entering the public domain, Disney backed the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, which extended copyright protection by an extra 20 years. This act has been mockingly referred to as the “Mickey Mouse Protection Act.”

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