Freedom Mickey Mouse!
As is known, the prolongation of the American (and, therefore, world) laws on the protection of intellectual property surprisingly coincides with the date of expiration of copyright on the most famous American - Mickey Mouse.
According to the official version, Mickey Mouse was created on November 18, 1928 and was to go into public domain on November 18, 2008, but copyright validity laws were renewed once again, with Disney being one of the main lobbyists for this decision. The value of the Mickey Mouse brand is now estimated at $ 3 billion.
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The diagram shows how the duration of a copyright has increased since the invention of this legislation. It should be borne in mind that at first the copyright acted according to the declarative principle, and until 1976 the copyright term was actually zero, unless the author specifically took care of the opposite. Now it's the other way around. The author must take special care to free his work from the yoke of binding legislation.
By the way, two things follow from this chart:
1. We are the first generation in history that deprives itself of its own culture.
2. No copyright on Earth, created during your life, without special actions on the part of the author, will never be available for your creativity.
Of course, poor Mickey Mouse has nothing to do with usurping corporate domination through intellectual property laws. But Mickey is a symbol of this negative trend. Therefore, among the progressive part of humanity, a real struggle has recently developed under the common slogan “Freedom to Mickey Mouse!”.
Arguments such. Firstly, Mickey's grandparent was created before the official deadline, so the copyright has already expired. Secondly, the application for copyright was filed in violation of the law, so it should probably be canceled.
One way or another, the struggle for the freedom of Mickey Mouse is a symbolic struggle against the evil of corporations that seek to seize public culture into private property and who want to profit from what brings joy to people.
via techdirt
According to the official version, Mickey Mouse was created on November 18, 1928 and was to go into public domain on November 18, 2008, but copyright validity laws were renewed once again, with Disney being one of the main lobbyists for this decision. The value of the Mickey Mouse brand is now estimated at $ 3 billion.
')
The diagram shows how the duration of a copyright has increased since the invention of this legislation. It should be borne in mind that at first the copyright acted according to the declarative principle, and until 1976 the copyright term was actually zero, unless the author specifically took care of the opposite. Now it's the other way around. The author must take special care to free his work from the yoke of binding legislation.
By the way, two things follow from this chart:
1. We are the first generation in history that deprives itself of its own culture.
2. No copyright on Earth, created during your life, without special actions on the part of the author, will never be available for your creativity.
Of course, poor Mickey Mouse has nothing to do with usurping corporate domination through intellectual property laws. But Mickey is a symbol of this negative trend. Therefore, among the progressive part of humanity, a real struggle has recently developed under the common slogan “Freedom to Mickey Mouse!”.
Arguments such. Firstly, Mickey's grandparent was created before the official deadline, so the copyright has already expired. Secondly, the application for copyright was filed in violation of the law, so it should probably be canceled.
One way or another, the struggle for the freedom of Mickey Mouse is a symbolic struggle against the evil of corporations that seek to seize public culture into private property and who want to profit from what brings joy to people.
via techdirt
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/67114/
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