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Re: [OT] Re: Copyright....



On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 06:17:31AM -0400, Mike Bilow wrote:
> The time sequences just changed under US law, actually.  This was due to
> heavy lobbying by outfits such as Disney, which was about to see the
> early Mickey Mouse films fall into the public domain.  There is some
> action in the federal courts on the constitutionality of this.

There is?  The Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act should absolutely be
overturned.

Do you have any case number references?

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