Comments on: Is Disney’s Copyright of Steamboat Willie’s Mickey Mouse Still Valid?

By: Trojan

Trojan — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 22:54:26 +0000

Big Corporation can come together to help provide funding to one of the big corporations that are suing Disney on The Steamboat Willie proving in the courts that Steamboat Willie is public domain.

By: Disney-World-Pictures

Disney-World-Pictures — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:15:03 +0000

I think if any of us started selling Steamboat Willie DVDs, that the nice people in suits from Anaheim would send us a rather forceful note…

By: Tony LaRocca

Tony LaRocca — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:41:09 +0000

If life teaches us anything, it’s that the corporation with the most expensive lawyers always wins. It doesn’t matter what the law actually is.

By: Epicanis

Epicanis — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:38:15 +0000

“Mickey Mouse might be free of copyright restrictions[...]“
Yes and no. Yes, “Mickey Mouse” images from “Steamboat Willie” may be free of copyright restrictions, however, Mickey Mouse® is also a trademark. I’ve never really understood Disney et al’s hyperventilation over ancient previously-copyright-encumbered works maturing into public domain ones given this fact: the fact that any of us may be able to make copies of “Steamboat Willie” or portions thereof does not rob Disney Corporation of control of “Mickey Mouse” in any way.
Personally, I just think they’re reflexively greedy and power-hungry…and perhaps hoping to hold on until everything in the world goes “pay-per-view”.