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Re:After 15 Years, the Pirate Bay Still Can’t Be Killed by ixwt on Thursday May 23, 2019 @04:10PM (#19995420)
That's yet to be determined. Disney is a big influence on the length of US copyright protections.

Let's see what happens come 2024:

> On January 1, 2024, we'll see the expiration of the copyright for Steamboat Willie—and with it Disney's claim to the film's star, Mickey Mouse.

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Re:After 15 Years, the Pirate Bay Still Can’t Be Killed by chimeracoder on Thursday May 23, 2019 @04:19PM (#19995504)
> That's yet to be determined. Disney is a big influence on the length of US copyright protections. Let's see what happens come 2024

I'm well aware of Disney's role in copyright law.

Disney's opportunity to do extend the term was before Dec. 31, 2018. That's how they extended copyright durations in the past - preventing any new works from entering the public domain at all. It's much harder for them to retroactively amend the copyright term now that some of those works have begun to enter the public domain.

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