Toes♀@ani.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months agoNow that copyright on steamboat Willie has expired, what are the next big ones expiring?message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down15
arrow-up1131arrow-down1message-squareNow that copyright on steamboat Willie has expired, what are the next big ones expiring?Toes♀@ani.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down1·8 months agoDifferences are subtle. OG Superman couldn’t fly, that’s where we got the whole “leap tall buildings at a single bound” and so on. Flying was added for the Fleischer Brothers cartoons from '41 to '43, which, oddly, are already public domain.
minus-squareCaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·8 months agoAre superpowers protected under copyright tho? I think its just image/likeness
Differences are subtle. OG Superman couldn’t fly, that’s where we got the whole “leap tall buildings at a single bound” and so on.
Flying was added for the Fleischer Brothers cartoons from '41 to '43, which, oddly, are already public domain.
Are superpowers protected under copyright tho? I think its just image/likeness