This is pretty funny and informative.
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Jason Ads this From Wikipedia:
The Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998—alternatively known as the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act or pejoratively as the Mickey Mouse Protection Act—extended copyright terms in the United States by 20 years. Before the Act (under the Copyright Act of 1976), copyright would last for the life of the author plus 50 years, or 75 years for a work of corporate authorship; the Act extended these terms to life of the author plus 70 years and 95 years respectively.
Think about it: the life of the author plus 70 years…This was pure corporate welfare. Back in the dark ages (befor blogs) I wrote letters to Biden and Carper urging them to vote against it. Needless to say they both wrote back saying “Thanks for your letter, but I (heart) corporate welfare. Corporations give me lots and lots of money.”