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    The Intellectual Property Thread

    Maybe there is already a thread about this, and I'm not sure how many replies I'll. I've harped on this in the past, though it's usually been about patents. This time, I came across an article about what the lengthening of copyright terms has done to the printing of books that over 20 years old but not yet in the public domain.

    http://www.theatlantic.com/technolog...vanish/278209/

    IIRC, Disney led the charge to extend copyright terms because Mickey Mouse was about to enter the public domain. As usual, hardcore lobbying pressure has brought about a shitty law.
    Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”
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    Originally posted by Color Me Badd Fan View Post
    Maybe there is already a thread about this, and I'm not sure how many replies I'll. I've harped on this in the past, though it's usually been about patents. This time, I came across an article about what the lengthening of copyright terms has done to the printing of books that over 20 years old but not yet in the public domain.

    http://www.theatlantic.com/technolog...vanish/278209/

    IIRC, Disney led the charge to extend copyright terms because Mickey Mouse was about to enter the public domain. As usual, hardcore lobbying pressure has brought about a shitty law.
    Disney built itself on public domain and now wants to destroy it. Go figure.

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      Originally posted by SandYFan View Post
      Disney built itself on public domain and now wants to destroy it. Go figure.
      Alice in Wonderland would have been copyrighted under the 1998 act. Snow White may have possibly fallen under it back in the 30s. The Jungle Book would have definitely still been copyrighted. Pinocchio was a 57 year old story by the time it was animated and therefore was not under copyright, but just barely.

      I think Peter Pan was actually under copyright when that was animated.

      Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella were clearly in the public domain when they were animated. They did, however, use Tchaikovsky's composition which probably would have been under copyright if the 1998 act was in effect back in the 50s/60s.
      Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”

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      • #4
        Originally posted by SandYFan View Post
        Disney built itself on public domain and now wants to destroy it. Go figure.
        Disney wants to ensure that no one can do to it what it has done to the Brothers Grimm.
        We all trust our own unorthodoxies.

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