http://www.gothamist.com/2003/12/03/johnnie_cochran_for_pooh.php All comments for Johnnie Cochran For Pooh en-us 2007 nyc_daveh Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:32:49 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss daveh@gothamist.com daveh@gothamist.com 60 http://www.gothamist.com/2003/12/03/johnnie_cochran_for_pooh.php#comment-13087 http://www.gothamist.com/2003/12/03/johnnie_cochran_for_pooh.php#comment-13087 Comments Wed, 03 Dec 2003 18:13:28 -0500 <p>Yikes! This is the lawsuit that won't die. The family was about to call it quits a few weeks ago because they couldn't afford the legal bills. Iropnically, it all came about because Disney got the Mickey Mouse Protection Act (i.e. the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act or CTEA) passed before Steamboat Willie passed into the public domain. Part of the act had the new term extensions revert back to the author's heirs which pissed off the people who had bought the rights from them in the 50s.</p>