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A new year is upon us, and that means works from 1926 are entering the public domain (in the USA, the only place that matters, at least). That means all these works can be freely used, sold, adapted into a movie, by you without asking permission from anybody. Works by Agatha Christie, Ernest Hemingway, Arthur Conan Doyle among others will enter public domain, but the marquee item will be A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh. How will you monetize the Pooh? Do you think Disney will go after people now that one of "their" big characters are entering public domain? Just make sure not to use Tigger, he is still under copyright. Next year the first "talking pictures" will start naturally entering the public domain with The Jazz Singer, and then in 2024 Mickey Mouse himself with become public domain.
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Full Metal Jackass posted:I think Disney is trademarking poo poo like crazy to prevent people from using their stuff. When Pooh is public domain you can trademark him yourself. Trademarks are much weaker than than people often think. What I am interested is if Disney will argue color is a separate copyrightable idea in itself, since Pooh was originally black and white drawings.
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