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submitted 10 months ago by gedaliyah@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

This iconic mouse is weeks away fromn being in the public domain Jan. 1, 2024, is the day when 'Steamboat Willie' enters the public domain

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[-] Wooster@startrek.website 32 points 10 months ago

Additionally, even though the copyright is expiring, the trademark is not.

“You can use the Mickey Mouse character as it was originally created to create your own Mickey Mouse stories or stories with this character,” Daniel Mayeda, associate director of the Documentary Film Legal Clinic at UCLA School of Law, told The Guardian. “But if you do so in a way that people will think of Disney — which is kind of likely because they have been investing in this character for so long — then in theory, Disney could say you violated my trademark.”

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[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 21 points 10 months ago

Which they will do. Immediately and with the force of a thousand suns.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Disney loves them some lawsuits.

[-] kewwwi@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

they can't sue every r34 artist haha

[-] whereisk@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

They don't give a shit about any R34 artist. They'll give a lot of shit if you start to make money, or diminish their brand in any measurable way - aka become popular enough to affect public opinion.

[-] bedrooms@kbin.social 15 points 10 months ago

Just draw Mickey Mouse and caption it "This is Pikachu."

[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 16 points 10 months ago

"Ceci n'est pas une Mickey Mouse"

[-] Bonehead@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago

So when are we getting a dark Mickey? The dark Winnie The Pooh came out pretty fast after that copyright expired...

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