I was talking about the latter - using section 51 of the constitution to acquire the intellectual property (the Australian Government can make a law to compulsorily acquire property from citizens "for any purpose" but only "on just terms").

My reasoning is that they're a lot more likely to have another "The Castle" episode (great movie, by the way) while he's alive rather than when the copyright is assigned or inherited to somebody else after his death.

Thanks! Do you perhaps know any cases of acquired intellectual property?

I don't see any mentions of it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_51(xxxi)_of_the_Consti...

Not that I know of, but I think it should be possible because copyrights, patents and trademarks are one of the areas the Federal Govt are constitutionally allowed to make laws about (which is the other test apart from being “on just terms”).

Probably longer. Each time Mickey gets close to the end of the countdown, it gets extended by the US government and their crack squad of Disney negotiators.

I know right! It almost like Disney is using some magic (Constant Authorized Side Help (CASH)) to convince the US Gov politicians to keep moving the goal posts.