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Mon, 19 Oct 1998 17:33:04 -0500
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I have been sending out copies of the following sent to me by a friend in
DC, Just in case we were wondering who are elected officials work for.
 
Mouse Droppings
 
By Bill McAllister
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, October 15, 1998; Page A21
 
There were more than the usual mouse tracks around Capitol Hill last
week after the House and Senate completed action on legislation
extending
U.S. copyrights for another 20 years. But the Walt Disney Co. had made
certain that key members of the House and Senate especially knew about
the possible plight of Mickey, Pluto and Goofy.
 
Under existing copyright law, Mickey's copyright will expire in 2003,
Pluto's in 2006 and Goofy's in 2008, and that would end Disney's claim
to
royalties on some of the most valuable assets in its movie vaults. So
last
summer, Disney imported its chief executive, Michael D. Eisner, to pitch
 
Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and House Speaker Newt
Gingrich (R-Ga.) on extending the copyrights.
 
"We generally don't talk about our lobbying plans," said Disney
spokesman
Thomas J. Deegan, but he acknowledged that Alan K. Ota, a
Congressional Quarterly reporter, had scored a coup when he spotted
Eisner at Lott's office June 9.
 
Hill staff members said that other Disney representatives, along with
other
movie industry representatives, had made strong pleas for a 20-year
extension to all copyrights. And the Center for Responsive Politics
noted
that a week after his meeting with Eisner, Lott agreed to co-sponsor the
 
copyright extension legislation. That same day, Disney's political
action
committee made a $1,000 contribution to Lott's campaign committee,
CPR added, and on June 25, Disney gave $20,000 to the National
Republican Senatorial Committee.
 
It's doubtful, however, that any lawmakers will be taping "I'm Going to
Disney World" TV spots as they depart Washington this week.
 
Kino International Corporation
333 W. 39th St. Suite 503
New York, NY 10018
(212)629-6880
fax:
 
Kino International Corporation
333 W. 39th St. Suite 503
New York, NY 10018
(212)629-6880
fax: (212)714-0871
 
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