Cory Doctorow on Nostr: The main event, of course, is #MickeyMouse, who enters the public domain along with ...
The main event, of course, is #MickeyMouse, who enters the public domain along with his first two short cartoon appearances: *Plane Crazy* and *Steamboat Willie*. Though there's been a lot of FUD about trademark keeping Mickey out of the public domain, it's a lie. He's all yours (mostly):
https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/15/mouse-liberation-front/#free-mickeyIt's wonderful to see the public domain growing again, but spare a thought for the orphan works whose copyright caging outlasted the works themselves.
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