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What I find the most strange aspect of these discussions is: if people hate Disney, why do they want to freely use Mikey and its image? For people who like Disn

What I find the most strange aspect of these discussions is: if people hate Disney, why do they want to freely use Mikey and its image? For people who like Disney, it is an advantage that the company is making money out of their creations -- so there will be much more of it. For people who hate Disney, there is no point in watching these movies. So, why getting concerned about this?

YokoZar 13y ago
Because Disney's political corruption is dragging in the entirety of all creative works with theirs. I may hate Disney for its actions, but that doesn't mean I have to hate singing Happy Birthday too.
simbolit 13y ago
w be Walt Disney, the Person d be Disney, the public company m be Mickey Mouse, the fictional character I can love w & m, but hate d. I can love w & d, but hate m. I can love d & m, but hate w. I can love d, but hate w & m. I can love m, but hate w & d. I can love w, but hate d & m. I can also be ambivalent to any of these, while hating/loving one or two of the other. tl;dr: "hating Disney" (whatever that means) has nothing to do with liking Mickey Mouse, or with wanting to use its image. it simply is not related at all.
georgemcbay 13y ago
In addition to what others already said, the nature of what "Disney" is can very quickly change due to aquisition. Like Marvel comics? Well, now you "like Disney". Like Pixar? Well, now you "like Disney", etc.
gillianseed 13y ago
Mickey is still trademarked, so unless I'm missing something you will not have the rights to do what you want with the 'Mickey' character, however you would have the right copy, translate, recreate in other mediums, the actual work which had fallen out of copyright, like for example 'Steamboat Willie' which Disney has repeatedly prevented from falling into public domain through lobbying for copyright extension. Of course Disney's intense lobbying in extending the copyright of their works looks even worse when you consider that they've made a vast amount of their fortune by adapting classic public domain works like Snowwhite, Cinderella, Pinocchio, Beauty and the Beast, Alice in Wonderland, Little Mermaid, Aladdin and The Jungle Book, the latter was released one year after Kipling's copyright had expired.
chrismcb 13y ago
People hate the Disney Corporation because they were a driving force to extending copyrights. This has nothing to do with liking Mickey Mouse or even wanting to use Mickey and its image. It is about wanting to use OTHER works created that should have entered into the public domain. Consider Mickey was introduced in 1928. This article was about things that would have entered public domain that were created in 1957. Over 30 years of stuff that did not enter public domain thanks to the likes of Disney.

YokoZar 13y ago

Because Disney's political corruption is dragging in the entirety of all creative works with theirs. I may hate Disney for its actions, but that doesn't mean I have to hate singing Happy Birthday too.

simbolit 13y ago

w be Walt Disney, the Person d be Disney, the public company m be Mickey Mouse, the fictional character I can love w & m, but hate d. I can love w & d, but hate m. I can love d & m, but hate w. I can love d, but hate w & m. I can love m, but hate w & d. I can love w, but hate d & m. I can also be ambivalent to any of these, while hating/loving one or two of the other. tl;dr: "hating Disney" (whatever that means) has nothing to do with liking Mickey Mouse, or with wanting to use its image. it simply is not related at all.

georgemcbay 13y ago

In addition to what others already said, the nature of what "Disney" is can very quickly change due to aquisition. Like Marvel comics? Well, now you "like Disney". Like Pixar? Well, now you "like Disney", etc.

gillianseed 13y ago

Mickey is still trademarked, so unless I'm missing something you will not have the rights to do what you want with the 'Mickey' character, however you would have the right copy, translate, recreate in other mediums, the actual work which had fallen out of copyright, like for example 'Steamboat Willie' which Disney has repeatedly prevented from falling into public domain through lobbying for copyright extension. Of course Disney's intense lobbying in extending the copyright of their works looks even worse when you consider that they've made a vast amount of their fortune by adapting classic public domain works like Snowwhite, Cinderella, Pinocchio, Beauty and the Beast, Alice in Wonderland, Little Mermaid, Aladdin and The Jungle Book, the latter was released one year after Kipling's copyright had expired.

chrismcb 13y ago

People hate the Disney Corporation because they were a driving force to extending copyrights. This has nothing to do with liking Mickey Mouse or even wanting to use Mickey and its image. It is about wanting to use OTHER works created that should have entered into the public domain. Consider Mickey was introduced in 1928. This article was about things that would have entered public domain that were created in 1957. Over 30 years of stuff that did not enter public domain thanks to the likes of Disney.