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Steamboat Willie is still not in the public domain. I'm just stating an interesting plan, not that it is realistic. Please do not make unnecessary assumptions
by kmak 17y ago
Steamboat Willie is still not in the public domain.
I'm just stating an interesting plan, not that it is realistic. Please do not make unnecessary assumptions.
- anamax 17y ago> Steamboat Willie is still not in the public domain. That's true, but misses the point. Even if Steamboat Willie enters the public domain, Mickey Mouse doesn't enter the public domain. Sherlock Holmes is in the public domain - I can sell new Sherlock Holmes stories. Mickey Mouse is protected by trademark, so I can't sell a new Mickey Mouse story, no matter how many Mickey Mouse stories have gone off-copyright.
- bediger 17y agoSome questions about the copyright status of Sherlock Holmes stories still exists: http://www.techdirt.com/blog.php?tag=sherlock+holmes&edition=techdirt http://www.techdirt.com/blog.php?tag=sherlock+holmes&edi... If I had any literary talent, I'd think twice about writing any Sherlock Holmes sequels, etc, althought I cheerfully bought, read and enjoyed "Shadows over Baker Street", a mashup of Sherlock Holmes, and HP Lovecraft's Elder Gods. Surely this illustrates that "chilling effect" on free speech that copyright has, eh?