N'afọ 1998, ndị United States Congress gafere Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act nke onye isi ala Clinton bịanyere aka n'iwu. Iwu ahụ gbatịrị nchebe nke ikike nwebisiinka ruo afọ iri abụọ ọzọ, na-eme ka ngụkọta nke ikike nwebisiinka nke afọ iri asaa mgbe onye okike nwụsịrị. Iwu ahụ bụ nnukwu ọrụ site na ụlọ ọrụ egwu na ihe nkiri dị ka Disney, ma kpọọ ya dịka Iwu Nchedo Mickey Mouse. Lawrence Lessig na-ekwu na ikike nwebisiinka bụ ihe mgbochi na mmepụta ọdịbendị, ịkekọrịta ihe ọmụma na nkà na ụzụ ọhụrụ, nakwa na ọdịmma onwe onye <unk> n'adịghị ka ọdịmma ọha na eze <unk> na-ekpebi iwu. Ọ gara mba ahụ na 1998, na-enye ọtụtụ narị okwu kwa afọ na kọleji kọleji, ma kpalite mmegharị ahụ. O dugara ntọala nke isi nke mbụ maka Free Culture na Swarthmore College.
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