@textfiles For me, it's all about the bob mortimer wilty clips.

@textfiles I'll trust that this zombie is dead when it stops moving

@textfiles And indeed, Disney is still perfectly free to use the (original) Mickey Mouse character if it wants. The only difference is that the rest of us are now, too.

@textfiles how so?

I'm a bit vague on the details? Is this because Disney extended the life time of their copyright or what?

@textfiles And do you know what's worse? Disney will still "own" Mickey Mouse after this. Did you notice that the Walt Disney Animation Studios intro now is just a snippet of the original Steamboat Willie animation? That's on purpose, since trademarks don't expire like copyright (basically as long as they renew it), they can technically still own the original Mickey Mouse even after 2024, just take down anything that uses it as "violations of trademark". At least that's what I understood.

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How can CBS, an entity generally considered trustworthy, not comprehend the difference between the film and the character...??

Oh, yeah... Clicks.

@textfiles always sad to see we're too far gone with corporate propaganda to remember that the end of a copyright term is as important to copyright law as the temporary monopoly granted by it; the whole point of public domain is to celebrate and formalize a work's status as a shared cultural artifact. That's kind of what Mickey Mouse is these days, isn't it?

@textfiles and it's right next to a youtube channel reposting british tv without permission.

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@pluralistic points out that corporations made terrible archivists of cultural artifacts.

They often stop art, and other items of cultural significance, from surviving by hoarding it under poor conditions then discarding it later.

@textfiles I actually watched the CBS morning show segment and it was pretty good. They interviewed Larry Lessig, and the point that Walt Disney has been using the IP of others for a century was emphasized.