this post was submitted on 15 Dec 2023
243 points (98.0% liked)

Movies and TV Shows

2114 readers
69 users here now

A community for entertainment industry news and general discussion about movies and TV shows.

Rules:

  1. Be civil.
  2. Please do not link to pirated content.
  3. No spoilers in the title of submissions. And please use spoiler MarkDown in the body of discussions. This is a courtesy to other users.
  4. Comments solely criticizing headlines and/or journalism will be removed for being off-topic.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
243
Mickey Mouse's 'Steamboat Willie' will become public domain in 2024, along with Minnie and Tigger (abc7.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
26 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (2 children)

No. The specific depictions going into pd are very narrowly focused.

[–] gibmiser 32 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Well I for one can't wait to purchase the first porno featuring the named characters steamboat willie taking it up the bum from Tigger while Minnie cries.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

While shirtless Pooh watches.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Oh boy!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Christopher Robin, what exactly is "Rule 34"?

Well, I'm told it means, "Going along, jerking to all the things you can conceive of, and not bothering."

[–] 1847953620 1 points 11 months ago

"oh, bother"

[–] hark 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Then why did they bother extending copyright in the 90s?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They can’t keep extending it indefinitely.

[–] hark 3 points 11 months ago

The stopping point is completely arbitrary. You could've also said the same about the 90s copyright extension.