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[-] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You're wrong, which is why Disney keep lobbying to get the length of IP ownership extended - they don't want all their IPs becoming public property.

IIRC corporate copyrights expire something like 95-100 years after creation. Copyright of works created by an individual is 70 years post death.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jul/03/mickey-mouse-disney-copyright-expiry

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