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-Great Cultural Revolution

Josh Hawley moves to strip Disney of special copyright protections under 'Mickey Mouse Protection Act'

2022-05-12

[PostMillennial] Senator Josh Hawley has introduced legislation that would strip Disney of it's special long-term copyright protections that had been granted to the entertainment giant by Congress after the company took a stance against Florida's Parental Rights in Education bill.

According to Fox News, the "Copyright Clause Restoration Act of 2022" would cap copyrights granted to corporations by Congress to 56 years, and would retroactively implement this change on corporations, which would include Disney.

Hawley told Fox that "woke corporations" like Disney had raked in billions of dollars due to these special copyright protections.

"The age of Republican handouts to Big Business is over. Thanks to special copyright protections from Congress, woke corporations like Disney have earned billions while increasingly pandering to woke activists. It's time to take away Disney's special privileges and open up a new era of creativity and innovation," Hawley said.

Hawley's office said that Congress had used the "Mickey Mouse Protection Act," which amended the Copyright Act of 1976 in 1998, to extend copyrights for corporations up to 120 years.

The act, officially called the "Copyright Term Extension Act," increased the duration of copyrights by 20 years.

Hawley's action comes as Disney continued to be at odds with the state of Florida, after the company condemned the state's Parental Rights in Education Act.

Opponents of the bill, including Disney, have said that the legislation protecting children from gender identity indoctrination would harm LGBTQ youth.

Posted by:Abu Uluque

#6 I applaud the timing of the Groomer+ brand's underpants with Mickey Hamster's face right in the crotch making a weird pose.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-05-12 11:48

#5 ..we, as a sovereign nation, can also leave the convention. It's all rigged for the ruling class.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-05-12 10:27

#4 /\ Careful, we have already signed the International Berne Convention which has a 50 year minimum copyright.

Posted by: magpie 2022-05-12 10:16

#3 Start with 28 years cause we know you are going to 'negotiate' [aka reelection funds donations] a higher level.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-05-12 07:20

#2 If we actually had "equal protection under the law" in this country, things would be interesting.

Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-05-12 06:54

#1 Bravo!

Posted by: 3dc 2022-05-12 06:04

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