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Yeratel:
--- Quote from: Mystic5523 on June 02, 2008, 09:26:40 PM ---I'm aware of that, but when Disney does its extensions, they're not just extending their Mickey copyrights, but all of them.
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They can copyright their particular version of something like Sleeping Beauty, but not the character itself.
novium:
--- Quote from: Mystic5523 on June 02, 2008, 09:26:40 PM ---I'm aware of that, but when Disney does its extensions, they're not just extending their Mickey copyrights, but all of them.
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not to mention that copyright holders often ignore what is allowed, and go after people anyway. So easy to send off cease & desist letters, and then there's the possibility of squeezing money out of someone. That disney used so much from the public domain has not stopped them from acting as if they own it.
Soulless Mystic5523:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080530/1507241271.shtml
Funny copyright battle. Well, not so much battle, as dispute.
Yeratel:
--- Quote from: Mystic5523 on June 02, 2008, 10:18:36 PM ---http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080530/1507241271.shtml
Funny copyright battle. Well, not so much battle, as dispute.
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As the old saying goes, how you feel about it depends on whether or not it's your ox getting gored.
BTW, I believe the characters in Casablanca dropped into the public domain in 2002, which may have inspired the interest from Madonna's production company in making a remake. If anyone want's to pick up the story where the movie left off, and follow Rick and Louie and Ilsa through WWII, now's your chance.
For myself, I'm eagerly awaiting the next installment in Michael Kurland's series about the Sherlock Holmes character, Professor Moriarty.
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