Basically, Disney were worried that the copyright on characters like Mickey Mouse, Goofy, and Donald Duck were due to expire, and with some amount of lobbying and money passing around, the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act was passed - changing copyrights on works created by individuals to "life of author + 70 years" (from "life + 50 years" before), and extending copyrights owned by corporations to 95 years.
(got most of this from here (http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20020305_sprigman.html))
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Disney / Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act ...
Date: 2004-10-20 01:49 pm (UTC)(got most of this from here (http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20020305_sprigman.html))