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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • I can absolutely see Texas looking at it the other way. “Your website can be accessed by our citizens? On you to comply with our laws.” They then spit out a bunch of criminal charges that make things rather inconvenient for some instance hosts. The US reach into international banking systems is uncomfortably long.

    The real problem question is about federation. You can post to an instance from any federated instance. If an account is created in one instance and the user posts to a federated instance are both liable? You have to be able to create accounts AND post to be subject to the law. Can one instance not allow posts but host accounts for participation in other instances to skirt around the law?







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    5 months ago

    Yes

    Still no, because the timer started with the first release of the first product.

    Yes, but now there are 2 versions of Genie with two different copywrite timelines. Both are still currently protected. (I will admit I haven’t looked up if Genie is a registered trademark; still talking about copywrite here.)

    Yes, but the Steamboat Willie Mickey Mouse character isn’t the same as the registered trademark of Mickey Mouse…but

    Yes, Disney is totally working on that

    Yes, this article supports this.


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    That’s not how that works. 1. Aladdin isn’t an original Disney story. Like Cinderella, it’s an old story and anyone can make a version of it. 2. The timer on the animated film can’t be reset. It’s running and will continue to run. Steamboat Willie is the prime example of this. That version of Mickey is now in public domain, but later versions are not.