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I'll believe that when I see it. Mickey should have been in the public domain 80 years ago. But every time the Disney Copyrights even look like they will be end
by simonblack 6y ago
I'll believe that when I see it. Mickey should have been in the public domain 80 years ago. But every time the Disney Copyrights even look like they will be ended, the Disney Billions work on negating that.
Personally, I wouldn't care what happens to Mickey, but thousands and thousands of literary, film, and music works of art since around 1920 have just disappeared down the plughole of oblivion because they have no way of being kept in the public eye.
- jfengel 6y agoI don't get how this works. The copyright on works may expire, but aren't these also trademarked characters? As I understand it, trademarks never expire, as long as they're actively in use -- which these still are. What actually becomes legal when these works go into the public domain? What uses are possible without violating the trademark?
- simonblack 6y agoAs far as I can tell, The Disney versions can be trademarked, but other different versions of Mickey could be produced by other people. The best example I could think of from the top of my head was the original 'Three Stooges' films of the 40s and 50s differing from the 70s Hanna-Barbera "Three Stooges" cartoons. Another example would be the various film versions of "The War of the Worlds" and then the Musical version from the 70s. All different, but all using the same scenario.