TIL Disney successfully lobbied Congress to extend the length of copyright protection in order to prevent Mickey Mouse from entering the public domain. The law was later referred to as the Mickey Mouse Protection Act

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act



Submitted February 21, 2015 at 01:46AM by Dracula_in_Auschwitz http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2wl0bw/til_disney_successfully_lobbied_congress_to/