What’s the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA) of 1998?

The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA) of 1998 extended the copyright term for literary, television and cinematic works and characters. It granted an additional 20 years of copyright status, protecting works for 70 years after the author’s death. The CTEA did not restore copyright status to those works that had already entered the […]

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