• Acamon@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I don’t really either. Mickey mouse is now PD, and I assume the other guy (no idea who he is) is too? And daffy duck, someone else and James bond will also become PD soon. Mickey with gloves is still copyrighted, so he can’t wear the gloves.

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      2 months ago

      The glove joke is that only Steamboat Willie is in the public domain. Wearing the gloves makes him Mickey Mouse, which is why he should absolutely not wear them as his copyright hasn’t expired.

      The other doors look like Donald Duck, Superman, and I guess James Bond? I assume their copyright expirations are coming soon—in that order.

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        2 months ago

        Similar to Micky not wearing gloves, Superman wouldn’t be able to fly, be vulnerable to kryptonite, wouldn’t have heat vision, freeze breath, or the fortress of solitude. Pretty much all the iconic villains would be off limits too.

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          2 months ago

          Yup, not at first. Mickey’s gloves are actually a great example as they come into public domain this year as the first film where he wears those comes up next. (IIRC, INAL, don’t go violating copyright law based on a comment on the interwebs.)