I didn't know this, thanks. It seems ridiculous to me that Disney has
to do such things in order to maintain their copyright. I cannot image
that anyone's life or happiness depends on their being able use for
free a Disney character for profit (or non-profit).
Someone could quite easily build a competing "Disneyland" if all the
characters were in the public domain
If I understand you correctly, you are stating that competition is a
good thing, and that limiting the duration of a copyright fosters
competition?
I don't give a rat's arse about fostering competition. You asked for an
example of where someones livelihood was based on gaining access to
another work after copyright expired. I prefer to use the pornography
example (coz it's the easiest way to offend ppl, which often leads to
the cry "we need a law"). Mickey and Minnie in a manage-e-trois with
Goofy. Can't see that until Disney's copyrights are given up. Coz they
sure as hell aren't going to give permission for it.
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