VP-2 Plans

On 14 Apr 2007 13:59:56 -0700, wrote:

On Apr 14, 4:42 pm, Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On 14 Apr 2007 09:16:57 -0700, "Lou" wrote:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't a copywrite last for
a certain amount of time then it has to be renewed? If not
renewed in time, it becomes public domain.

Yes, but the period is at least 75 years past the death of the author.

But there is no longer such a thing as renewal.

They've made other changes to allow owners to prevent works from lapsing into
the public domain. The copyright on many of Disney's cartoon characters was due
to expire, and you can be sure the company won't let *that* happen....

Ron Wanttaja

On Apr 14, 9:51 pm, Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On 14 Apr 2007 13:59:56 -0700, wrote:

On Apr 14, 4:42 pm, Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On 14 Apr 2007 09:16:57 -0700, "Lou" wrote:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't a copywrite last for
a certain amount of time then it has to be renewed? If not
renewed in time, it becomes public domain.

Yes, but the period is at least 75 years past the death of the author.

But there is no longer such a thing as renewal.

They've made other changes to allow owners to prevent works from lapsing into
the public domain. The copyright on many of Disney's cartoon characters was due
to expire, and you can be sure the company won't let *that* happen....


Sonny Bono sponsored some sort of Micky Mouse law extending
copyright protections for cartoon characters. But I think that
extension has or soon will run out.

IMHO, a cartoon character ought to be protected under trademark
like a caricature used as a logo.

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FF

On 15 Apr 2007 11:27:52 -0700, wrote:

Sonny Bono sponsored some sort of Micky Mouse law extending
copyright protections for cartoon characters. But I think that
extension has or soon will run out.

IMHO, a cartoon character ought to be protected under trademark
like a caricature used as a logo.

It can, but the movies & cartoons themselves were different. The copyrights on
the earliest Disney cartoons had been slated to expire, and the company didn't
want repackagers to re-issue them (without paying their pound of flesh to
Disney, of course).

Ron Wanttaja

On Apr 15, 7:50 pm, Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On 15 Apr 2007 11:27:52 -0700, wrote:

Sonny Bono sponsored some sort of Micky Mouse law extending
copyright protections for cartoon characters. But I think that
extension has or soon will run out.

IMHO, a cartoon character ought to be protected under trademark
like a caricature used as a logo.

It can, but the movies & cartoons themselves were different. The copyrights on
the earliest Disney cartoons had been slated to expire, and the company didn't
want repackagers to re-issue them (without paying their pound of flesh to
Disney, of course).


Ah yes. Trademarks may be used without permission, so long as they
are not used deceptively.

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FF