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It won't be in the public domain until 70 years after his death. (Though it might be easier to override his heir's claim after he is deceased)
by thomasfromcdnjs 6y ago
It won't be in the public domain until 70 years after his death. (Though it might be easier to override his heir's claim after he is deceased)
- arcticbull 6y agoProbably longer. Each time Mickey gets close to the end of the countdown, it gets extended by the US government and their crack squad of Disney negotiators.
- sloaken 6y agoI know right! It almost like Disney is using some magic (Constant Authorized Side Help (CASH)) to convince the US Gov politicians to keep moving the goal posts.
- stephen_g 6y agoI was talking about the latter - using section 51 of the constitution to acquire the intellectual property (the Australian Government can make a law to compulsorily acquire property from citizens "for any purpose" but only "on just terms"). My reasoning is that they're a lot more likely to have another "The Castle" episode (great movie, by the way) while he's alive rather than when the copyright is assigned or inherited to somebody else after his death.
- thomasfromcdnjs 6y agoThanks! Do you perhaps know any cases of acquired intellectual property? I don't see any mentions of it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_51(xxxi)_of_the_Constitution_of_Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_51(xxxi)_of_the_Consti...
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- stephen_g 6y agoNot that I know of, but I think it should be possible because copyrights, patents and trademarks are one of the areas the Federal Govt are constitutionally allowed to make laws about (which is the other test apart from being “on just terms”).