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US lawmakers have signaled that nothing created after 1928 will ever become public domain. Why 1928? That is the copyright date for Mickey Mouse and he is wort
by asmithmd1 15y ago
US lawmakers have signaled that nothing created after 1928 will ever become public domain. Why 1928? That is the copyright date for Mickey Mouse and he is worth too much money to let become public domain.
If you doubt that congress has messed with copyright over the years here a is (7 page!)"cheat sheet" for when something will become public domain.
http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/docs/copyrightterm.pdf http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/docs/copyrightterm.pd...
- aplusbi 15y agoPedantic here - while Mickey Mouse was created in 1928, the cut-off for public domain works is 1923. Also there was a long period of time where works needed to be registered (and re-registered) so there are plenty of works that have fallen into the public domain since 1923 (Night of the Living Dead being a prominent example).
- asmithmd1 15y agoYou are exactly right and Congress "fixed" that. Currently no copyrights will expire until at least 2019. Anyone want to bet Congress passes another copyright law before then that extends copyright terms?