Comment by tombert

1 month ago

I was actually extremely surprised that Disney didn't bribe congress and stop Mickey Mouse from ending up in the public domain.

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_trampeltier  1 month ago

They did. Before it was 50 years and get extended several times just before Mickey would enter public domain.

  • culi  1 month ago

    Yeah they've done a lobbying campaign about a dozen times when Mickey was set to enter public domain. I think GP was saying they're surprised they didn't do a 13th time. Like why give up now?

    • bentley  1 month ago

      The last (general) copyright extension in the US was the CTEA in 1998. What’s happened since then? Google, who has power, money, and incentive to lobby against future copyright extensions.

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    • prmoustache  1 month ago

      Because in reality it hasn't entered public domain completely, only the very first movies and the way it was drawn in the 1930's. They are still protecting the one most people all know better.

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