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Re:What can I do with Mickey Mouse as of January 1, 2024? by oblio on Monday December 18, 2023 @06:51AM (#38681356)
My point is that the Disney empire was built on public domain works.

At least the older stuff should become public domain.

They're trying to have their cake and eat it.

It's not normal or sane or good for society that things created 70+ years ago are still locked up in a corporate vault.

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Re:What can I do with Mickey Mouse as of January 1, 2024? by bazoom42 on Monday December 18, 2023 @07:39AM (#38681642)
You can make your own adaptions of Cinderella or The Snow Queen. Nothing is stopping you. You just cant use the exact character design of Anna and Elsa, but why would you want that anyway?
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Re:What can I do with Mickey Mouse as of January 1, 2024? by dirtyhippiefree on Monday December 18, 2023 @09:10AM (#38682731)
You’re each arguing half of the article and are thus both correct.

Your conflict is self-created and can also be undone.

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