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In response to "Mop, copyright laws have changed over the years." by zork

and if assigned to a corp (disney) then they never expire -- nm

Posted by zeitgeist Nov 26 '12, 13:27

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unless you are in the Schuster or Siegel family, then you can go back every decade no matter what the courts previously ruled :((((( -- nm - peglegpete Nov 26, 13:30
Corps are moot. Copyright law keeps getting extended because Disney doesn't want to lose control of Mickey Mouse. -- nm - Mop (189 lbs) Nov 26, 13:30 3
- Which is absurd. Mickey is trademarked and they wouldn't lose control of him. They would lose control of early films and shorts, not the characters - TWuG Nov 26, 13:38 2
  - *nods* copyrights are not renewable (see my post below for the exception) but trademarks are. -- nm - zork Nov 26, 13:41 1
    - NBC had to do this to It's A Wonderful Life's soundtrack to get it out of public domain about a decade ago -- nm - peglegpete Nov 26, 13:43
uh no. Last time I checked (some years ago), it was a straight 75 years. -- nm - zork Nov 26, 13:28 1
- Current terms are Life+70 (if published since 1978) or ... - zork Nov 26, 13:39

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