• mechoman444@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I predict a complete overhaul of our trademark and copyright laws that will accommodate Disney’s desires.

    You know… Basically what they did last time.

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      2 years ago

      Too late for copyright laws, it’s in the public domain and can’t go back afaik. Now trademark laws can be interesting.

      • GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        Actually SCOTUS ruled that extending the copyright pulls it out of public domain in Golan v Holder. Congress passed a law that put some literary and musical works back into copyright from the public domain. A case was brought by some educators and musicians that the removal of these works from the public domain infri get on their free speech, but the Court disagreed 6-2.