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I would be very surprised if the Disney company wouldn't be protective of their adaptations, at the very least. How would that interact with the book and its il

I would be very surprised if the Disney company wouldn't be protective of their adaptations, at the very least. How would that interact with the book and its illustrations entering the public domain?

kragen 5y ago
It's going to be interesting. Most of the copyright infringement going on is clearly of Disney's adaptations; so, for example, when a couple sold me a house in 01999 with a Pooh painting on the wall of the children's room, that was probably criminal copyright infringement of Disney's version, because the painting looked nothing like the illustrations in the books. (And I'm sure she didn't get a license from Disney to do her painting.) This legal situation is appalling; it makes a mockery of justice and humanity.
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- Jon_Lowtek 5y ago
  > that was probably criminal copyright infringement sounds more like "Fair Use", unless you imply the painting was made for the purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain. As in: they painted it right before selling and used the image to advertise the house to young couples.
  - kragen 5y ago
    Possibly. The thing about fair use is that you can never really tell. Commercial intent is only one of the four factors. The market-effect factor would also weigh in her favor. The other two factors — the nature of the work and the substantiality of the copying — plausibly weigh against her. Of course I don't think she'll be prosecuted, or I wouldn't think about posting this, but that's partly because she's not a well-known political dissident who the FBI has a pre-existing grudge against.
- axiosgunnar 5y ago
  - dang 5y ago
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  - 0xcde4c3db 5y ago
    https://longnow.org/ideas/02013/12/31/long-now-years-five-digit-dates-and-10k-compliance-at-home/ https://longnow.org/ideas/02013/12/31/long-now-years-five-di...

I would be very surprised if the Disney company wouldn't be protective of their adaptations, at the very least. How would that interact with the book and its illustrations entering the public domain?

kragen 5y ago

It's going to be interesting. Most of the copyright infringement going on is clearly of Disney's adaptations; so, for example, when a couple sold me a house in 01999 with a Pooh painting on the wall of the children's room, that was probably criminal copyright infringement of Disney's version, because the painting looked nothing like the illustrations in the books. (And I'm sure she didn't get a license from Disney to do her painting.) This legal situation is appalling; it makes a mockery of justice and humanity.

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Jon_Lowtek 5y ago
> that was probably criminal copyright infringement sounds more like "Fair Use", unless you imply the painting was made for the purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain. As in: they painted it right before selling and used the image to advertise the house to young couples.
- kragen 5y ago
  Possibly. The thing about fair use is that you can never really tell. Commercial intent is only one of the four factors. The market-effect factor would also weigh in her favor. The other two factors — the nature of the work and the substantiality of the copying — plausibly weigh against her. Of course I don't think she'll be prosecuted, or I wouldn't think about posting this, but that's partly because she's not a well-known political dissident who the FBI has a pre-existing grudge against.
axiosgunnar 5y ago
- dang 5y ago
  Attacking another user like this will get you banned here, regardless of how you feel about their taste in date formats. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.
- 0xcde4c3db 5y ago
  https://longnow.org/ideas/02013/12/31/long-now-years-five-digit-dates-and-10k-compliance-at-home/ https://longnow.org/ideas/02013/12/31/long-now-years-five-di...