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  • thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    What if creates non original work? Like what if I just copies Mickey mouse and pretends it created it? Can it infringe in copy right? Or does that move mickey to the public domain

    • Patches
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      1 year ago

      Then lawyers get involved who hash out what exactly is a copy of mickey mouse, and does this match that? Is just any cartoon mouse? Is it a cartoon mouse with circular ears? And red shorts?

      It sure as shit doesn’t move Mickey to the public domain.

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        1 year ago

        And, conversely, when Disney horks some small artist’s work, Disney will out-lawyer them.

        I see this turning to shit in a year or two. Maybe less.

    • nutsack@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      fuck mickey mouse. if it draws muhammad then actually you’re fucked