Talk:Walt Disney Signature Collection/@comment-3121589-20180210152225/@comment-2197527-20180223112827

Previously, 75 years was how long Disney could re-release a single movie as many times as it wished. For example, Snow White came out in 1937, and that Diamond Edition would have been its last re-release on DVD in 2009, before it could have become public domain by the end of 2012.

But, there's a Copyright Term Extension Act that was signed into law in 1998, and because of this, all works published in 1923 will be guaranteed public domain by the end of this year.

If this law hadn't existed, then by now, Disney would no longer be able to re-release not just Snow White (1937), but also Pinocchio (1940), Fantasia (1940), Dumbo (1941), and Bambi (1942) as well.