Should the same happen to your family home?

No, the better question is; Should someone else be able to build a knock-off of your home?

IP is not the same as physical property. Disney isn't forced to give away they artwork they've made internally. Mickey Mouse as IP, i.e. as a concept, is currently not allowed to be reproduced.

If we're going to debate property rights, it's important to have the context and the property properly defined. Many people can rightfully ask if land should be allowed to be held by any single entity for infinite time, but again, that's not the question here.

The moment Mickey's copyright expires I'm creating a series called Mickey Mouse. There won't be any women though because it's about IT consultants and their daily goings-on.

Well, you'll probably want to read up on trademark law before proceeding.

Then you will get sued by Disney because they still own a trademark.

If someone could take an exact copy of my family home and live in it somewhere else, leaving me happy to live in my own home, then ABSOLUTELY!

I realize that's not what you meant, but acting as though Mickey Mouse becoming public domain will "take away" from us, in the same way giving away the house you live in will "take away" your home is at best a total fallacy.

> Should the same happen to your family home?

In China land use rights can only be bought for a limited time - after this time it goes back to the government:

> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chinese_property_...

In this sense other countries than the US indeed give quite different answers to your rhetorical question.

Same in UK. You just take a leasehold for 100 years from queen, you don't own it.

i don't think that's strictly true - while you're correct that i [as a homeowner, specifically a freeholder] don't own the land, but i own (i think) a title to this plot of land, it's not a 100 year lease - I "own" this land for an unlimited period and i don't need to renew anything ever. not to be confused with leasehold properties (eg flats) where you have a lease, typically ~100 yrs, to the freeholder (who owns the block of flats), that you have to renew.