This iconic mouse is weeks away from being in the public domain
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Jan. 1, 2024, is the day when ‘Steamboat Willie’ enters the public domain

This iconic mouse is weeks away fromn being in the public domain Jan. 1, 2024, is the day when ‘Steamboat Willie’ enters the public domain

  • @adrian783@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7•7 months ago

    the argument is that the people, and the political system the people put in place enabled the company to create and benefit off its creations.

    “we live in a society” but unironically.

    • @SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1•7 months ago

      enabled the company to create and benefit off its creations.

      And you want to… Stop that?

          • TomAwsmEnglish
            3•7 months ago

            Because people should get benefits rather than corporations?

            • @SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1•7 months ago

              How are the two at odds here? Disney has around a quarter million employees who currently benefit from copyrighted IPs.

              • TomAwsmEnglish
                4•7 months ago

                Please explain how Disney being the only ones able to use an IP causes their employees to get a higher salary. Executives do not count, as they get paid obscene amounts as it is anyway.

                • @SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  1•7 months ago

                  It allows them to get a salary, and their salary negotiations are neither here nor there