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[Dormant, please move to !television@lemm.ee] Movies and TV Shows

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[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Disney ran out of ~~bribe~~ lobbying money?

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

No. The specific depictions going into pd are very narrowly focused.

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Well I for one can't wait to purchase the first porno featuring the named characters steamboat willie taking it up the bum from Tigger while Minnie cries.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

While shirtless Pooh watches.

[–] Alto@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago
[–] ScrotusMaximus@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Christopher Robin, what exactly is "Rule 34"?

Well, I'm told it means, "Going along, jerking to all the things you can conceive of, and not bothering."

[–] 1847953620@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

"oh, bother"

[–] ram@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

You'll have to keep waiting, all disney characters are trademarked.

[–] hark@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Then why did they bother extending copyright in the 90s?

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They can’t keep extending it indefinitely.

[–] hark@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

The stopping point is completely arbitrary. You could've also said the same about the 90s copyright extension.

[–] kreynen@kbin.social 25 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This YouTube video show some screenplay from Mouse, an upcoming noir based FPS game. The game will take full advantage of the public's right to reuse1920s era cartoons, particularly Steam Boat Willy, in new and innovative ways.

https://youtu.be/kNad1vG1QG4?si=QywRxIhPpQpq6GPM

[–] Takumidesh@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Nothing in this would be a copyright violation of Disney.

[–] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Kinda reminds me of cuphead. Love it

[–] kurwa@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Oh man that looks amazing.

[–] LKPU26@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 years ago

I read an article speculating that the addition of a few Steamboat Willie frames to the introduction video played on modern Disney movies was to try and push this from copyright protection into trademark protection.

Trademark protection does not expire.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I didn't know Winnie the Pooh was already public domain and that there is a horror movie about him made already? I got to watch that

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

It's got a 3% on rotten tomatoes, I'm intrigued about how bad it is

[–] bugieman@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

It's pretty bad, and not in a 'so bad it's good' kinda way... It's just bad

[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

I read the plot synopsis on Wikipedia and I still want a refund.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

It is unwatchable. Down there with Rob Zombie’s Munsters movie. Don’t do it.

[–] CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com 0 points 2 years ago

It's worth watching once if you grew up with Winnie

[–] LifeOfChance@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

It's honestly a good laugh while saying "what the fuck am I watching" they're working on the second one which introduces Tigger. Don't go into it with high expectations go into it knowing they're doing it for fun and flipping off disney.

[–] NewPerspective@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I think it was MatPat on YouTube who said that Disney knows this and included that specific Mickey in their trademark as a way to protect it under different laws.

[–] Dangdoggo@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

Exactly right. They are attempting to incorporate it into their actual branding iconography so that they can argue it's trademark.

[–] FoundTheVegan@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Yup! Copyright and trademark are different things and Disney lawyers have already insulated the company. Yes it will technically enter public domain, but nothing will actually change.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Jokes on Disney, I'm making my porno about Captain Pete, who drives his steamboat down the river, picking up floozies and spitting tobacco up their butts.

(We are all making porn right? That's the plan.)

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee -4 points 2 years ago

I actually think this is a good way to do things, the original work becomes public domain and can be freely reproduced, but people can't, for example, make NSFW versions of the work.

Or just a conga line of shitty Sherlock Holmes adaptations.

[–] Ddhuud@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Remember Sega's old racing game Daytona near the 2000's

TIME EXTENSION!

[–] realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city 0 points 1 year ago

Aren't they just gonna ask to have the copyrights extended again?