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

  • ZephyrXero@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    11 months ago

    Copyright was never meant to be used how it is today. It was specifically made to protect small creators from having big companies come in and rip them off. Companies were never meant to be the beneficiaries. But lot of lobbying plus corporations are people too bullshit changed that.

    Copyright is meant to last roughly the lifetime of the artist, but organizations can live forever. And then nothing ever goes in the public domain, a shared culture dissolves in to nothingness.

    • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
      124·
      11 months ago

      Copyright is meant to last roughly the lifetime of the artist, but organizations can live forever.

      This is why I think it needs to be updated.

      And then nothing ever goes in the public domain, a shared culture dissolves in to nothingness.

      I don’t see how these two things relate to one another at all. We currently have a shared culture.