What Will Enter the Public Domain in 2024?

Re:What Will Enter the Public Domain in 2024? by Closi on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @02:46PM (#38617349)

Hmm I’m not sure - that might be true for movies but is it true for merch?

Think of all the Mickey ears that get sold at the parks. Either way there is a boatload of Mickey related revenue still…

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Re:What Will Enter the Public Domain in 2024? by thfuran on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @03:03PM (#38617620)

Disney doesn't need to rely on IP protection to maintain a hand in merch sales in their own parks.

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Re:What Will Enter the Public Domain in 2024? by Closi on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @04:41AM (#38624868)

Sure, but the claim was that Winnie the Pooh currently brings in more money than Mickey.

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Re:What Will Enter the Public Domain in 2024? by hinkley on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @04:17PM (#38618687)

I don’t have the link anymore but at the time I was sent to a breakdown that was above $5B for all Winnie, and around 4 for Mickey and friends.

Obviously not nothing, and the fact they are close together doesn’t give Disney a ramp down once PD starts affecting them.

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Re:What Will Enter the Public Domain in 2024? by Closi on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @04:50AM (#38624951)

This link puts Winnie at about half the merch revenue of Mickey recently.

Still a substantial franchise though, and looks like it got a bit of a boost around 2005 & 2011 where some newer movies got released.

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