Congress attempting to functionally extinguish copyright term limits, extend copyright protection to 140+ years; the 11th such extension in the past 40 years.
https://www.wired.com/story/congress-latest-move-to-extend-copyright-protection-is-misguided/
@Angle You're not the only one.
Anyone with a modicum of legal knowledge knows that just because *Steamboat Mickey* (and thus the character and likeness of Mickey Mouse) passes into the public domain, it does not follow that (1) the "mickey shadow" logo is in danger [trademarks work differently than copyrights] and (2) though others can use Mickey in their own creative works they can't do so in a way that implies Disney endorsement, etc.
Disney is in no danger here.
@profoundlynerdy @Angle and disney knows that, but they’d still like to wring every cent out of mickey that they possibly can, and that means keeping steamboat mickey
@profoundlynerdy a shining example of how deeply capitalism relies on state power. It's only by leveraging the power ot "big government" that the capitalist elite can thrive...
@Antanicus Capitalism can exist (and indeed thrive) without pulling the levers of state power. The US became an industrial power house with damned few laws and damned few regulations interfering with the free market.
I have faith in my countrymen, we will eventually find our way back to a minimalist law code and a genuinely free market.
>The US became an industrial power house with damned few laws and damned few regulations interfering with the free market.
-Killing thousands of workers and polluting the hell out of the land in the meantime... Regulations exist only because of the sociopathic nature of capitalists, not the other way around. In other words: had not factory owners put children to work, there would be no anti-child labor laws.
@profoundlynerdy On the plus side, this is only for audio recordings, if you actually read the bill.
@dhasenan Oh, I read it. At a gut-check level, I don't actually expect it to *stay* isolated to audio recordings. Do you?
@profoundlynerdy sounds like it would do away with Swiss public domain radio.
@profoundlynerdy #USA the country of perpetual #copyright 🤣
@profoundlynerdy ...Now I'm picturing disney as this horrid undead abomination, desperately crawling away from the encroaching rays of the sun...