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Those characters were HUNDREDS of years old, not within the creator’s lifetime.
by david38 4y ago
Those characters were HUNDREDS of years old, not within the creator’s lifetime.
- NhanH 4y agoNeither Walt Disney, Roy Disney (the other co-founder of Disney) or Ub Iwerks (the other creator of Mickey) were still alive in the past 50 years.
- Teever 4y agoWhat I'm hearing is that you're interested in a copyright term that expires at the death of the author? While I don't think that goes far enough, I think it's an improvement over the current state. Let's do it.
- dmitriid 4y agoIs Walt Disney alive then? Or JRR Tolkien? Or A.A. Milne? Or...
- eesmith 4y agoYes, some were. But Pinocchio (the 1940 Disney movie) was based on the 1883 Italian children's novel "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi. Disney released it just after the copyright expired. (Copyright then was a 28-year initial term with a 28-year renewal = 56 years.) And "Song of the South" (the 1946 movie) is based the Uncle Remus stories by Joel Chandler Harris published in 1881, so entered the public domain about 8 years before the movie. I'm perfectly fine with a 56 year limit on copyright.