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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 3, 2024 7:04:27 GMT -5
Is the Comic Strip PD yet or does Disney still own that (remembering the controversy over The Uncensored Mouse)? Not until 2026 for the first year of the strip. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 3, 2024 7:31:09 GMT -5
I guess I have to stop drawing my Steamboat willie / Zorro crossover...  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 3, 2024 19:07:21 GMT -5
I'm seeing this  |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 3, 2024 21:44:25 GMT -5
It makes me worry for our society when the first thing people thing of when a beloved children's property becomes public domain is to make a cheesy horror film out of it.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 3, 2024 23:12:20 GMT -5
There is a big difference between announcing a film project and debuting it in theaters or home video/streaming.
Besides, the Simpsons already did the sick version of it, with Steamboat Itchy.
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Jan 3, 2024 23:56:57 GMT -5
At age 97, Ramona Fradon has announced she is officially retiring from comics.  She had been doing a fair number of commissions and had even done a few covers as recently as last year. -M |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jan 4, 2024 4:12:23 GMT -5
Well, not even 100 yet, and already retiring. Guess some people just don't have what it takes...  |
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Post by driver1980 on Jan 4, 2024 8:45:21 GMT -5
It makes me worry for our society when the first thing people thing of when a beloved children's property becomes public domain is to make a cheesy horror film out of it. It certainly seems lazy and creatively bankrupt. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 4, 2024 9:00:44 GMT -5
It makes me worry for our society when the first thing people thing of when a beloved children's property becomes public domain is to make a cheesy horror film out of it. It certainly seems lazy and creatively bankrupt. It’s a new look at a boring character. |
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Post by tonebone on Jan 4, 2024 12:48:12 GMT -5
It makes me worry for our society when the first thing people thing of when a beloved children's property becomes public domain is to make a cheesy horror film out of it. It certainly seems lazy and creatively bankrupt. I just read your reply after reading about Ramona Fradon retiring... and somehow, for a split second, thought you were replying to that. |
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Post by tonebone on Jan 4, 2024 12:52:23 GMT -5
Early days, but my gut feeling is if you're careful, it will be fine for anyone to use 1928 Mickey. Let's say you're doing a comic. Using the name Mickey Mouse (or god forbid Disney) on the cover is trademark infringement. Using the image of 1928 Mickey Mouse on the cover but not calling him by name is... probably okay, though it might be risky. Using him inside the comic but not using his name or likeness on the cover? That should be just fine.Looks like it's high time for the clowns at DC to roll out a new super-powered rodent character "Steamboat Shazam" #1.
I've made a quick parody cover to go along with this concept, but I'm not too keen on poking the bear with a stick until the dust settles. Let John Oliver take the first blow.
They are not that creative... |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 4, 2024 12:58:47 GMT -5
To save me visiting websites and their crappy, ubiquitous pop-up ads (which ruin any attempt to read anything), is there anyone who could please sum up the whole Mickey Mouse copyright expiration thing? I presume he isn’t totally free for every studio, publisher and person to use, there’s got to be something more detailed than that, right? might be the best person to weigh in, but I'll do my best. Keep in mind I'm a criminal defense attorney, not an intellectual property attorney. Two Mickey Mouse cartoons, Steamboat Willie and Plane Crazy entered the Public Domain on Jan. 1, 2024. That means that those two films, and only those two films, can be distributed by anyone, used on TV or in other movies, etc. It also means that derivative works can be made from those films. But, that doesn't mean that MICKEY is just up for grabs. Mickey and most of this known accoutrements are trademarked and many are still under copyright. So what is available is basically Mickey 1.0. No white gloves. Small ears. You can't use Fantasia Mickey or Mickey Mouse Club Mickey, etc. This really gets in to the interplay of Copyright and Trademark law, as trademarks don't expire as long as they are used. So it's very possible for litigious owners of trademarks with deep pockets to essentially do an end run around the public domain by filing spurious trademark suits. So you might get away with using Steamboat Mickey in a work (though you might not) but you need to avoid anything that will likely run afoul of Disney's trademarks. Let me add to this that it is only the silent version of Plane Crazy that is now public domain. The sound version was copyrighted 1930. Interestingly the copyright on the title card of the film says 1929. That raises some interesting legal questions as to whether the copyright was adequate in the first instance. |
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Post by MDG on Jan 4, 2024 13:01:03 GMT -5
It makes me worry for our society when the first thing people thing of when a beloved children's property becomes public domain is to make a cheesy horror film out of it. It certainly seems lazy and creatively bankrupt. It would've been "edgy" if they didn't wait 'til it was legal. Now it's a yawn.
(The Air Pirates died for our sins!)
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 4, 2024 22:02:33 GMT -5
It certainly seems lazy and creatively bankrupt. It would've been "edgy" if they didn't wait 'til it was legal. Now it's a yawn.
(The Air Pirates died for our sins!)
I was waiting for that to come up. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jan 4, 2024 23:30:26 GMT -5
It makes me worry for our society when the first thing people thing of when a beloved children's property becomes public domain is to make a cheesy horror film out of it. |
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