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Just tell me when I get my Mickey Mouse hentai, will you?

• kevin_thibedeau 5y ago
  The trademark will never expire so derivative works will be limited in scope.
  • pbhjpbhj 5y ago
    You can use trademarks without permission, you can disclaim the origin to avoid any possibility of confusion. AIUI EU courts have frowned on attempts to extend copyright using trademarks. It feels like a lewd art piece would clearly not be from Disney in any case so trademark really wouldn't be an issue. I learnt v.recently that UK copyright since 2015 has allowed parody and pastiche (following an EU directive from ~2001), so with a disclaimer on origin you might be able to have your Mickey manga right now? I guess it will depend on whether Disney can buy another copyright extension in the USA and pay off enough people to push those changes to other jurisdictions based on very spurious notions that we somehow have to harmonise with USA. This is not legal advice and in no way relates to my employment.
  • Kranar 5y ago
    Trademarks can not be used as a roundabout way to enforce copyrights. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dastar_Corp._v._Twentieth_Century_Fox_Film_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dastar_Corp._v._Twentieth_Cent....
• echelon 5y ago
  > Under current copyright law, Steamboat Willie is set to enter the US public domain on January 1, 2024; however, later iterations of the character of Mickey Mouse will remain under copyright protection until 2025 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboat_Willie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboat_Willie
• Mountain_Skies 5y ago
  South Park has made parody use Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters in several episodes so depending on how the hentai is designed, you might be in the clear now.