2013 Event Harper Lee, author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird', faces a court battle in a lawsuit claiming a literary agent tricket her into giving up the copyright to her world-famous book 2013 Event Viacom loses its billion-dollar copyright infringement suit against YouTube 2012 Event The U.S. requests New Zealand extradite Kim Dotcom and three of his MegaUpload associates, forcing them to face charges for breaching copyright 2011 Event The EU Council votes; the copyright on sound recordings is extended from 50 to 70 years 1997 Death Richard Berry, musician, singer, songwriter, wrote, 'Louie Louie', sold copyright in 1959, song has since been recorded over 1,000 times, dies at 61 1984 Event Supreme Court rules (5-4) oks private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws 1980 Event US's copyright law amended to include computer programs 1978 Event President Ford signs 1st major revision of copyright law since 1909 1960 Event Copyright office issues its 10 millionth registration 1935 Birthday Richard Berry, born in Extension, Louisiana, musician, singer, songwriter, wrote, 'Louie Louie', sold copyright in 1959, song has since been recorded over 1,000 times 1793 Event France passes 1st copyright law 1790 Event U.S. copyright law enacted 1774 Event English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright 1672 Event 1st copyright law enacted by Massachusetts
