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As a young boy, he comes from a poor background, polishing and shining boots in his native Glasgow. He migrates to the US at the age of 13 and literally strikes gold & makes his first million.
Once rich, he settles down on the top of Killmotor Hill, in a building called ‘Money Bin’.
Who, from fiction, who gets his name from another work of fiction?

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Scrooge McDuck
The character is almost exclusively portrayed as having worked his way up the financial ladder from humble immigrant roots. His characteristics are believed to be strongly influenced by the life of a real, incredibly wealthy Scottish-American business magnate, Andrew Carnegie, as well as Ebenezer Scrooge, the rich miser from Charles Dickens' novella A Christmas Carol, McDuck's namesake.
Take a trip down Memory Lane.

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The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act introduced in 1998 increased copyright duration for works of corporate authorship to 95 years from publication or 120 years after creation, whichever end is earlier.
The law was seen as targeted step to by a corporation from letting one of their biggest characters from entering into the public domain. So much so that the law is sometimes referred to as _____    _____ Protection Act – named after the character.
In 2024, this character has finally entered public domain.
Name the character & the corporation behind it.

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Mickey Mouse. The law was derisively called Mickey Mouse Protection Act.
However, do note that this applies only to the SteamBoat Willie Mickey Mouse which came out in 1928. The current version of Mickey used by Disney is still under protection.
Here's a good explainer on what's going on .