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

  • abbotsbury@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I don’t see this working out well in today’s world because old stuff is brought up and popularized seemingly often

    That’s a feature, not a bug. Humans have always built upon that which came before, that’s why Robin Hood is a beloved story because each generation could do what they want with it, or King Arthur, or Shakespeare.

    Nobody owns ideas, if you come up with something neat, sure have 20 years to try and make it successful, otherwise it’s free real estate. Anything else is a perversion of human nature.

    • TheGalacticVoid@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Robin Hood is a beloved story because each generation could do what they want with it, or King Arthur, or Shakespeare.

      How is expanding “fair use” contrary to that goal? Creatives would be able to use Shakespeare or literally any copyrighted work as long as the derived work is transformative.

      Nobody owns ideas

      Ideas are easy to make. Implementing them is painful. Said pain should be rewarded, and Amazon shouldn’t be able to find something just outside of the copyright window to copy and redistribute.

      if you come up with something neat, sure have 20 years to try and make it successful, otherwise it’s free real estate.

      My issue with this is that after 20 years, some content farm could just copy a video, reupload it, then rake in all the profits. These farms already exist because copyright for small creators is rarely enforced. The creator literally gets nothing in this exchange, and creatives in general have way less incentive of making new works as a result.

      • abbotsbury@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        expanding “fair use”

        I’m not talking about fair use, I’m talking about public domain; complete freedom to modify or redistribute.

        Said pain should be rewarded

        Yes, by temporary monopoly

        Amazon shouldn’t be able to find something just outside of the copyright window to copy and redistribute.

        Why not? Project Gutenberg provides an incredible service (and LibriVox) which is based entirely on the concept of old works naturally falling into public domain. Imagine how absurd it would be if you still had to pay the publisher of Charles Dickens to read A Christmas Carol.

        some content farm could just copy a video, reupload it, then rake in all the profits

        Do you see content farms making bank with public domain content now? This is a ridiculous scenario, you obviously have not thought out this issue and instead are just justifying your feelings on the matter. Old things belong to everybody, culture is meant to be shared.

        because copyright for small creators is rarely enforced

        That’s a completely separate matter bud, go ahead and advocate for enforcing the law for small creators, I’m talking about what the limit for those protections should be.