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It doesn't look anything a colorized version of Steamboat Willie. It's a completely different story with the newest character design of Mickey & friends used th

It doesn't look anything a colorized version of Steamboat Willie. It's a completely different story with the newest character design of Mickey & friends used throughout just with the "Steamboat Willy" character showing up. You are free to colorize Steamboat Willie as long as you aren't doing so to copy a protected character. You just can't use later versions of Mickey just because they include Steamboat Willie as a character. Similarly, if someone legally releases a Steamboat Willie sequel today, you aren't allowed to copy that sequel just because it uses a public domain character. Its unique creative expressions have their own copyright that vest for that author's life + 70.

behringer 3y ago
You can't make a modern looking car! You have to make a car based on the Model T that's the only one in the public domain!
- FrustratedMonky 3y ago
  Yeah, but am I allowed to use 4 wheels? Where does the platonic 'form' of a model-T reside? Can I make re-interpretations of boot-leg era souped-up muscle model-T's? Where is the cut-off on Model-T's.
FrustratedMonky 3y ago
Guess maybe that is at the heart of the problem with subjective interpretations. You say Tomato, I say Potato. They look same to me, as a non-graphic artist, only taking a glance. Steam Boat is open to be re-interpreted. How much can it be re-interpreted, given they look almost the same already, before you can say it is same. But it is a strange world, didn't Apple and Samsung just have a billon dollar judgement over "how rounded the corners are on a phone"?
- gwbas1c 3y ago
  > You say Tomato, I say Potato. No, "Steamboat Willie" and "Steamboat Silly" are obviously different cartoons. Specifically, the plot of "Steamboat Silly" involves Mickey pulling out old movies and playing back "Steamboat Willy" to other Disney characters. After a few seconds of clips from "Steamboat Willy," "Steamboat Silly" is a cartoon where a modern-style Mickey chases a 1920s-style Mickey through a completely different setting, with different characters as well. You clearly haven't looked at the cartoons or trailers, and aren't basing your comments on any factual knowledge whatsoever. > subjective interpretations. You are arguing with fact, not making a subjective interpretation. Maybe you looked at the wrong video? Maybe you're just one of those people who likes to argue for the sake of arguing?

behringer 3y ago

You can't make a modern looking car! You have to make a car based on the Model T that's the only one in the public domain!

FrustratedMonky 3y ago
Yeah, but am I allowed to use 4 wheels? Where does the platonic 'form' of a model-T reside? Can I make re-interpretations of boot-leg era souped-up muscle model-T's? Where is the cut-off on Model-T's.

FrustratedMonky 3y ago

Guess maybe that is at the heart of the problem with subjective interpretations. You say Tomato, I say Potato. They look same to me, as a non-graphic artist, only taking a glance. Steam Boat is open to be re-interpreted. How much can it be re-interpreted, given they look almost the same already, before you can say it is same. But it is a strange world, didn't Apple and Samsung just have a billon dollar judgement over "how rounded the corners are on a phone"?

gwbas1c 3y ago
> You say Tomato, I say Potato. No, "Steamboat Willie" and "Steamboat Silly" are obviously different cartoons. Specifically, the plot of "Steamboat Silly" involves Mickey pulling out old movies and playing back "Steamboat Willy" to other Disney characters. After a few seconds of clips from "Steamboat Willy," "Steamboat Silly" is a cartoon where a modern-style Mickey chases a 1920s-style Mickey through a completely different setting, with different characters as well. You clearly haven't looked at the cartoons or trailers, and aren't basing your comments on any factual knowledge whatsoever. > subjective interpretations. You are arguing with fact, not making a subjective interpretation. Maybe you looked at the wrong video? Maybe you're just one of those people who likes to argue for the sake of arguing?