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The "Steamboat Willie" debacle or: Why IP does us more harm than good (www.forbes.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by PropaGandalf@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Hello frens,

As a great opponent of any form of IP, I have been following the event of Disney's Steamboat Willie entering the public domain with great amusement. The incidents where creators have been falsely demonetized on youtube for rightfully using this film is further underpinned by Disney's decades-long shameless practices. The linked article sums it up quite well I think.

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[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago

The reality is, though, that everything is an evolution of something else.

As a kopimist, there is no problem with that statement. However, I do live in the real world where nigh everything is nuanced. I could understand a copyright on an evolution of Mickey Mouse that were recognizable as being inspired by Mickey Mouse, but different enough to be its own entity. Simply adding color should not be considered a copyrightable evolution IMO.

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[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

That's a question that I don't know is answerable, because it comes down to the judgement of the courts; and I certainly wouldn't want to be on the business end of the Disney legal division in that fight.