1.0The Texas Observerhttps://www.texasobserver.orgMichael Mayhttps://www.texasobserver.org/author/michael-may/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="pwCnktSBM7"><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/1217-suing-mickey-and-friends-an-internet-maverick-challenges-the-copyright-extension-act/">Suing Mickey and Friends</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.texasobserver.org/1217-suing-mickey-and-friends-an-internet-maverick-challenges-the-copyright-extension-act/embed/#?secret=pwCnktSBM7" width="600" height="338" title="“Suing Mickey and Friends” — The Texas Observer" data-secret="pwCnktSBM7" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> On October 9, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Eldred v. Ashcroft, which challenges the constitutionality of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA) of 1998–a genuine Mickey Mouse Law, tailor-made for the Disney Corporation. CTEA, named for the late singer-turned-Congressman, extended copyright protection by 20 years (retroactively and […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402