![]() (The bill was named for Bono when the law passed the House of Representatives shortly after his death in 1998.) But the 1998 act extended the publication date for certain works-namely: those published with a copyright notice and with copyright renewed-20 more years, giving The Great Gatsby a total of 95 years copyright protection. The latter established that works like The Great Gatsby would become public domain 75 years after the date of publication. In 1998, Congress passed the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, which extends the Copyright Act of 1976. Sonny Bono-who was not only half of Sonny and Cher but also the mayor of Palm Springs, California from 1988 to 1992 and a California congressman-is one person who is responsible The Great Gatsby‘s public domain delay. Garin Pirina at Mental Floss explains how this happened: ![]() Interestingly, this is only the second time this has happened automatically since 1978, when the 1976 Copyright Act came into effect (the first time was January 2020). ![]() This year, a huge collection of literary and artistic works will make their way into the US public domain. ![]()
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