Michael O'Keefe wrote:
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.
Star Wars is another example close to my heart.
(Almost) All those fan films are technically in copyright violation
George Lucas turns a blind eye unless someone tries to make a buck on
it. But I bet the moment someone uses his characters in a film he
doesn't like, he'll play the copyright-violation card.
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