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Re:What Will Enter the Public Domain in 2024? by kevinmchugh on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @03:32PM (#38618020)
You have to make pains to not look like you're representing yourself as Disney, _and_ you can't step on anything Disney did in later Mickey cartoons
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Re:What Will Enter the Public Domain in 2024? by avar on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @04:08PM (#38618559)
Sure you can. You just can't infringe subsequent copyrighted works.

But if there's an episode where that character goes to space or whatever your derivative work can do that too.

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