Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Copyright Term Extension Act" in English language version.
No doubt the highpoint of the Eldred v. Ashcroft case was when I learned Friedman would sign our "Economists' Brief": As it was reported to me, when asked, he responded: "Only if the world [sic] 'no brainer' appears in it somewhere." A reasonable man, he signed even though we couldn't fit that word in.
The 1998 extension was a result of intense lobbying by a group of powerful corporate copyright holders, most visibly Disney, which faced the imminent expiration of copyrights on depictions of its most famous cartoon characters.
No doubt the highpoint of the Eldred v. Ashcroft case was when I learned Friedman would sign our "Economists' Brief": As it was reported to me, when asked, he responded: "Only if the world [sic] 'no brainer' appears in it somewhere." A reasonable man, he signed even though we couldn't fit that word in.