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I guess soon we'll be able to retire the old Slashdot rule: > In the USA Copyright lengths are very simple. Anything older than Mickey Mouse is public domain a
by sjs382 8y ago
I guess soon we'll be able to retire the old Slashdot rule:
> In the USA Copyright lengths are very simple. Anything older than Mickey Mouse is public domain and everything else is still copyrighted.
(via https://m.slashdot.org/thread/28736323 https://m.slashdot.org/thread/28736323)
- taf2 8y ago2024 is still a few years away... maybe too soon to count those chickens since they haven't hatched?
- eftychis 8y agoLet's change that to hope. You think Disney is not going to try another copyright law revision?
- clhodapp 8y agoPedantically, that rule of thumb is actually getting more true right now: Mickey Mouse is still under copyright but the small set of older things that are actually still under copyright is shrinking.