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  • Popeye and Tintin

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 2 15:36:27 2025
    Popeye and Tintin are now in the public domain

    It's a new year, and that means more works are headed to the public
    domain. This year, thousands of copyrighted works created in 1929,
    including the earliest versions of Popeye and the Belgian comic book
    character Tintin, are now free to reuse and repurpose in the US.

    Duke Law School's Center for the Study of Public Domain has once again
    rounded up all the most iconic works that have been freed from the
    bounds of copyright, which also includes sound recordings from 1924.
    As pointed out by Duke Law School, 1929 was a particularly pivotal
    year for film, as it was the first with sound.

    https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/1/24330191/popeye-tintin-head-2025-public-domain

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Fri Jan 3 12:50:42 2025
    On Thu, 2 Jan 2025, JAB wrote:

    Popeye and Tintin are now in the public domain

    It's a new year, and that means more works are headed to the public
    domain. This year, thousands of copyrighted works created in 1929,
    including the earliest versions of Popeye and the Belgian comic book character Tintin, are now free to reuse and repurpose in the US.

    Duke Law School's Center for the Study of Public Domain has once again rounded up all the most iconic works that have been freed from the
    bounds of copyright, which also includes sound recordings from 1924.
    As pointed out by Duke Law School, 1929 was a particularly pivotal
    year for film, as it was the first with sound.

    https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/1/24330191/popeye-tintin-head-2025-public-domain


    Tintin?? Hooray! I will make a Tintin Trump edition to educate our young
    in the philosophy and religion of our great leder! =D

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to JAB on Mon Jan 6 22:41:22 2025
    On 1/2/2025 4:36 PM, JAB wrote:
    Popeye and Tintin are now in the public domain

    It's a new year, and that means more works are headed to the public
    domain. This year, thousands of copyrighted works created in 1929,
    including the earliest versions of Popeye and the Belgian comic book character Tintin, are now free to reuse and repurpose in the US.


    Hasn't Disney been bribing the government for years to keep Mickey Mouse trademarked and out of public domain for longer than he's supposed to be?

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 7 07:44:54 2025
    On Mon, 6 Jan 2025 22:41:22 -0500, Michael Trew <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    Hasn't Disney been bribing the government for years to keep Mickey Mouse >trademarked and out of public domain for longer than he's supposed to be?

    "Disney uses trademarks to protect Mickey Mouse from being used in a
    way that leads the public to believe a product or service is
    associated with Disney. "

    "A trademark registration in the United States lasts for 10 years from
    the registration date, but it can be renewed indefinitely if certain requirements are met:"

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