| Grex > Coop13 > #366: Minutes from Grex Board of Directors Meeting, September 26, 2006 |
| response 60 of 61: | 
Oct 30 21:22 UTC 2006 |
While I agree that's a reasonable interpretation of the Constitution, as a practical matter, it means little when Disney lobbies for an extension every time Mickey's about to fall into the public domain.
| response 61 of 61: |
Oct 30 21:31 UTC 2006 |
re #58 If people use the licensed item without dispute for a long enough period then yes it goes into PD. re #60 There is a fine distinction with Mickey because he was animated "with sound". There were mice before him like "Miky Mouse" (which Walt stole outright from a Jewish toy maker in Ohio) prior to 1923..those would be public domain and ripe for "any kind of usage". >:)