This iconic mouse is weeks away from being in the public domain
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Jan. 1, 2024, is the day when ‘Steamboat Willie’ enters the public domain

This iconic mouse is weeks away fromn being in the public domain Jan. 1, 2024, is the day when ‘Steamboat Willie’ enters the public domain

  • wildcardology@lemmy.worldEnglish
    44·
    1 year ago

    You do know that Disney made money from other people’s works like the brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen right? Their works are in public domain

    • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
      240·
      1 year ago

      They made money off of their version of those works, yes. They’re quite different from the originals.

      This is what I mean about our laws needing updating - time alone is not enough any more. We need to define levels of differentiation that are commercially acceptable. Right now, that essentially just includes parody, which clearly is not a thorough enough accounting of the many ways IP can be varied.

      • MisterFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish
        72·
        1 year ago

        Why are you such a corpo boot licker? What exactly do we gain as a species by allowing companies to hoard IP of creators of which are long since dead?

        Nek minnit you’ll be telling me I can’t put on a play from Shakespeare or recite Beowulf without paying some corporation a fee?

        Seriously?

        • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
          15·
          1 year ago

          No actually I think plays should be free to use for amateurs, and only require licensing for paid performances, since we’re talking reforms.

          Also why are you being an asshole for no reason?