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Torrenezzi10

@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.

30 Dec 2023 at 20:22 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.online
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dcfedor

@torre you might be happy to know that the Supreme Court strictly and specifically prohibits this tactic:

web.law.duke.edu/cspd/mickey/

"Trademark can not be used as an end run around copyright expiration."

30 Dec 2023 at 20:59 | Open on mastodon.social
Torrenezzi10

@dcfedor Thank you, that's nice to hear. I heard about this "loophole" on a MatPat video on YouTube (yes, I know that sounds stupid), and I guess I was foolish to not do research myself.

30 Dec 2023 at 21:02 | Open on mastodon.online
jcriecke

@torre what I’ve read has reported that trademarks do have limitations and Steamboat Wille will still be fair use as long as certain criteria are met (don’t pretend you’re official/Disney).

30 Dec 2023 at 22:22 | Open on urbanists.social
mandugar

@torre @textfiles @pluralistic explains well the difference between copyright and trademark on this matter here pluralistic.net/2023/12/15/mou
30 Dec 2023 at 22:29 | Open on toot.io
Torrenezzi10

@mandugar Thanks, sorry for not knowing this, I just didn't do my own research before posting.

30 Dec 2023 at 22:36 | Open on mastodon.online
mandugar

@torre I didn't know about that either until I read that article. Doctorow writes a lot about copyright issues.

30 Dec 2023 at 22:46 | Open on toot.io
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