sundray@lemmus.org to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoHow to draw Mickey -- er, I mean Doug [Super-Fun-Pak Comix]lemmus.orgimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1390arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1385arrow-down1imageHow to draw Mickey -- er, I mean Doug [Super-Fun-Pak Comix]lemmus.orgsundray@lemmus.org to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerandomaccount43543@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up39·edit-21 month agoHas Disney sent a cease and desist letter about using public domain Mickey?
minus-squareNounsAndWords@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up60·1 month agoThey semi-recently made an entire show using the old character styles presumably to muddy the legal waters and allow them to do exactly that…so I would assume so.
minus-squareowenfromcanada@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·1 month agoThey also have been using the steamboat Willie clip as part of their intro, presumably for the same reason.
minus-squaremipadaitu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 month agoTrademark doesn’t have an expiration if they’re still using it, so they would argue that you’re violating their trademark instead of their copyright.
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Has Disney sent a cease and desist letter about using public domain Mickey?
They semi-recently made an entire show using the old character styles presumably to muddy the legal waters and allow them to do exactly that…so I would assume so.
They also have been using the steamboat Willie clip as part of their intro, presumably for the same reason.
Trademark doesn’t have an expiration if they’re still using it, so they would argue that you’re violating their trademark instead of their copyright.