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Re:Can Beethoven send takedown requests? by chimeracoder on Friday August 31, 2018 @04:58PM (#17888584)
> What would go into the public domain is Steamboat Willie, the original Mickey Mouse short.

Steamboat Willie is likely to enter the public domain shortly, in fact.

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Re:Can Beethoven send takedown requests? by Piskvorrr on Saturday September 01, 2018 @07:13AM (#17891321)
As above: expect another attempt to push the copyright protection further, shortly.
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Re:Can Beethoven send takedown requests? by chimeracoder on Saturday September 01, 2018 @09:25AM (#17891725)
> As above: expect another attempt to push the copyright protection further, shortly.

No, it really does appear that this time they've given up. There are articles that have written about this - If Disney were preparing for a big push, we'd have started to see it by now already.

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