Is public domain Dead?

>>92327681
As far as they're company created creations (officially, I mean),and said companies are still alive, I'm guessing they will not be legally public domain. Now, I'm not an expert in american creative rights issues, so I may be wrong. But wouldn't surprise me if it's like that, and the reason why they were sooo much against giving the actual creators legal rights over them (that means acknowledge that they were more than commissioned works).

Quite a few Fleischer shorts ended up in public domain.

>>92327908
Or at least, as far as they use said creations each X years. I think it's something like that.

Wouldnt be fair to say "you make something as a company, you can exploit and rape your stuff for 100 years, then anybody can use the characters and stuff like public domain, but they dont have to use the same dessigns"

protecting the version each people make....

I mean.... fucking dated rules that will never get fix.

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>>92327681
I prefer the Chocolate Betty Boop

>>92327681
well there's always wizard of oz

>>92328525
im pretty sure you would get sue for trying to use that unless its crap

>>92328837
only if you use the red shoes

>>92328371
Blackie Boop

>>92328371
>Betty Jigaboop

>>92327681
See

>http://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/public-domain/welcome/

I've long advocated for fixing copyright terms at no more than 40 years. New content doesn't get created if you don't let old stuff go.

>>92331104
Blame Disney and their iron grip on Mickey Mouse.

>>92331230
That can be solved if we push all Disney lawyers out of a plane at 20,000 feet with no parachute.

>>92331243
But copyright Jews still exist.

no people just don't give a shit about anything unless it gets advertised

>>92327681
Betty Boop the character is still under copyright, just like Mickey Mouse and other 30s cartoon characters.

She will enter public domain in about ten years with the rest of them.