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I didn't mention Disney? You asked what moral claim they would have to that work and I'm arguing that copyright is a govt imposed restriction on the natural rig
by dmm 6y ago
I didn't mention Disney? You asked what moral claim they would have to that work and I'm arguing that copyright is a govt imposed restriction on the natural right of humans to create and share derivative works.
If we are citing legal trivia the original constitution of 1790 allowed for a copyright term of 14 years, with a single extension, for a total of 28 years. So the halloween special would have entered the public domain in 1994.
- tptacek 6y agoNo, the Copyright Act of 1790 did that. A specific term for copyright appears nowhere in the Constitution, which simply delegates to Congress the authority to authorize monopolies to authors and inventors.