oDDmON@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 9 months agoDon’t DO IT Steamboat!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1910arrow-down16
arrow-up1904arrow-down1imageDon’t DO IT Steamboat!lemmy.worldoDDmON@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squarebartolomeo@suppo.filinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·9 months agoWould this picture have been ILLEGAL a month ago or why is steamboat Willy such a big deal rn?
minus-squareMaalus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoMaybe you could defend fair use under parody, which doesn’t mean Disney wouldn’t drag you through courts if it was high profile enough
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-29 months agoIt’s only a big deal because of what Disney didn’t do, which is lobby to extend copyright yet again. That’s it. Oh, and Steamboat Willy itself can be distributed as much as you want, at least in the US. It’s a good year to be a connoisseur of 1920s animation.
Would this picture have been ILLEGAL a month ago or why is steamboat Willy such a big deal rn?
Maybe you could defend fair use under parody, which doesn’t mean Disney wouldn’t drag you through courts if it was high profile enough
It’s only a big deal because of what Disney didn’t do, which is lobby to extend copyright yet again. That’s it.
Oh, and Steamboat Willy itself can be distributed as much as you want, at least in the US. It’s a good year to be a connoisseur of 1920s animation.