If you are a writer, you should pay homage to the figure on the right. (The other one is me.) He’s Sonny Bono, at one time half of Sonny and Cher. After their divorce he became a member of the United States House of Representatives. His greatest legislative achievement was to extend the copyright on artistic works. BEFORE Sonny Bono your books were only under copyright for seven years. AFTER the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, you owned the copyright of your artistic work for your lifetime and then your heirs owned your copyright for another 70 years. So, next time you go to Palm Springs where Sonny Bono was Mayor from 1988 to 1992, stop by this statue and say “Thanks!”