Sentence examples for extended copyright from inspiring English sources

In 1998, for instance, Congress extended copyright protection to 70 years after the death of the author, from 50.

Since 1962, Congress has extended copyright protection 11 times, so that the typical length of protection is now 95 years.

The first copyright law was passed in 1790, and it has been frequently and confusingly amended over the years, most recently in the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, which extended copyright terms by twenty years.

In 1790, Congress enacted a law granting copyright protection for fourteen years, with an option for a fourteen-year extension; in the most recent revision, in 1998, Congress extended copyright protection to last a lifetime plus seventy years.

Professor Lessig appeared before the United States Supreme Court to challenge a 1998 law that extended copyright protection by 20 years, and a decision could come from the court as early as this month.

Today, works owned by corporations are wrapped up for about 100 years, courtesy of the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, sometimes derided as the Mickey Mouse Protection Act, because when the lucrative rodent was about to fall into the public domain, compliant legislators extended copyright's term.

The 1998 law lengthened copyrights for works created on or after Jan . 1 , 1978to the life of the author plus 70 years; it extended copyrights for works created for hire and owned by corporations to 95 years, from 75.

And just last week, the United States Supreme Court heard a challenge to a 1998 law that extended copyrights in this country by 20 years; the law's opponents contend that the extension inhibits public creativity by making it harder for other people to obtain and build upon existing works.

Psystar tried arguing in its appeal that Apple's license agreement was an unlawful attempt to extend copyright protection to products that are not copyrightable, but the court ruled that Psystar failed to demonstrate "copyright misuse" by Apple.

Why not, then, simultaneously extend copyright and narrow its scope?

In 2011 the European Union revised its copyright laws to extend copyright to 70 years.