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

  • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
    216·
    7 months ago

    If you make something, it should be yours to disseminate as you wish. It’s silly to suggest otherwise. You literally created it.

    • A7thStone@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      7 months ago

      No-one creates something from whole cloth. All ideas are based on things that came before them. Locking those ideas up indefinitely will stifle creativity and stagnate culture.

      • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
        110·
        7 months ago

        Locking those ideas up indefinitely will stifle creativity and stagnate culture.

        How? I don’t see any evidence of this. Can you point some out?

        As mentioned elsewhere

        Like, Avatar is the highest grossing movie of all time and is the exact same story as Fern Gully, retold in space.