Comment on Steamboat Willie, the first Mickey Mouse cartoon, is now public domain. It's also now a top-traded NFT.

reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Exeous@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What be difference?

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  • fsxylo@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Not a lawyer, but:

    Copyright is for specific artwork( the specific animation known as “steamboat Willie”), and trademark is more broadly for brands, icons, or names that are used by the company.(like, “mickey mouse” or “Disney”)

    So you can now project steamboat Willie onto the side of a building, but you probably can’t get away with taking Willie(who pretty much looks like mickey mouse) and make your own movie.

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    • Exeous@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Thank you for response.

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