Which of the following is an effect of the Sony Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998?
A) Copyright protection was extended from 17 to 20 years.
B) Individuals were granted copyright protection for their life plus 70 years.
C) The length of validity for a corporate copyright was extended to be the same as for a copyright held by an individual.
D) Copyright protection was extended to computer programs.
E) Copyright protection for music was extended so that it is now longer than that for other types of copyrighted material.

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The Sony Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 granted individuals copyright protection for their life plus 70 years, an extension from the previous term of life plus 50 years. This Act did not extend copyright protection for computer programs, nor did it make the copyright protection for music longer than that for other types of copyrighted material. It also did not distinguish between corporate and individual copyrights, so choice C is not accurate. Choice A is also not accurate as the Act did not only extend copyright protection by three years, but rather by 20 years for individual authors.

Which of the Following Is an Effect of the Sony