Sophia Alexander
BUL2241
5/15/16
Copyright Term Extension Act
The Copyright Term Extension Act was passed in 1998 in order to extend copyright terms
in America. Before this act was passed, there was only the Copyright Act of 1976 which would
only allow a copyright to last a total of 50 years for an individual. It was s,ll di-erent for
corpora,ons though, as to where their copyrights would last up to a total of 75 years. The 1998
Act extended the copyrights for individuals to stay valid up to 70 years instead of 50. It also
helped corpora,ons to have their copyrights extended from only 75 years to 120. This law is
