{"id":1470044,"date":"2022-05-10T11:29:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T15:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1470044"},"modified":"2022-05-10T11:29:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T15:29:58","slug":"no-more-handouts-josh-hawley-introduces-bill-ending-disneys-special-copyright-protections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-more-handouts-josh-hawley-introduces-bill-ending-disneys-special-copyright-protections\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No More Handouts\u2019: Josh Hawley Introduces Bill Ending Disney\u2019s Special Copyright Protections"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fno-more-handouts-josh-hawley-introduces-bill-ending-disneys-special-copyright-protections%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1470044&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley will introduce legislation stripping Disney of its special copyright privileges, he announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Hawley\u2019s \u201cCopyright Clause Restoration Act of 2022\u201d would limit the length of copyrights Congress gives corporations to 56 years and would apply retroactively, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/hawley-bill-end-disneys-special-copyright-protections\">according<\/a> to Fox News. The move comes after a public battle between Disney and Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis which ended with DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/22\/desantis-signs-bill-revoking-disney-special-tax-status\/\">stripping<\/a> the company of its special administrative zone and accompanying tax privileges in April.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No more handouts for woke corporations. Today I\u2019m introducing legislation to strip \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Disney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Disney<\/a> of its\u2069 special copyright protections<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pushCxnjoO\">https:\/\/t.co\/pushCxnjoO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HawleyMO\/status\/1524013754333159424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNo more handouts for woke corporations. Today I\u2019m introducing legislation to strip @Disney of its special copyright protections,\u201d Hawley <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HawleyMO\/status\/1524013754333159424\">tweeted<\/a> Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Congress has allowed corporations to extend their copyrights for up to 120 years <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/105th-congress\/house-bill\/2589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">through<\/a> the Copyright Term Extension Act, more commonly known as the Mickey Mouse Protection Act, Hawley\u2019s office told Fox News. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/03\/christopher-rufo-woke-capital-disney-ron-desantis\/\">(RELATED: \u2018We Put A Price On Woke Capital\u2019: Christopher Rufo Explains Game Plan For Fighting Radical Corporations)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe age of Republican handouts to Big Business is over,\u201d Hawley told Fox News. \u201cThanks to special copyright protections from Congress, woke corporations like Disney have earned billions while increasingly pandering to woke activists. It\u2019s time to take away Disney\u2019s special privileges and open up a new era of creativity and innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Disney drew blowback for its <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/10\/disney-ceo-bob-chapek-dont-say-gay-florida-bill\/\">opposition<\/a> to Florida\u2019s Parental Rights in Education bill, which <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/24\/florida-house-passes-bill-lgbtq-schools-kindergarten-desantis\/\">bans<\/a> classroom instruction on gender identity and sexuality in kindergarten through third grade.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: Disney has adopted a benefits program to assist employees and their minor children with \u201cgender affirmation procedures.\u201d This type of treatment typically includes puberty blockers, breast removal, and genital surgeries for \u201ckids who are transitioning.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a2zSSboe0S\">pic.twitter.com\/a2zSSboe0S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1512151268873146376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Leaked videos published soon after Disney came out against the Florida legislation reportedly showed internal meetings in which Disney employees <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/30\/disney-leaked-lgbt-gay-transgender\/\">plotted<\/a> to inject LGBT content into children\u2019s shows and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/08\/disney-christopher-rufo-gender-transition-transgender\/\">explained<\/a> how the company was helping employees medically transition themselves and their children to the opposite sex.<\/p>\n<p>Disney did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Missouri Sen. 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