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• Disney retracts copyright claim on a YouTuber's "Steamboat Willie" video, allowing it to be monetizable and shareable worldwide.

• The claim had previously demonetized the video and restricted its visibility and embedding options.

• This move by Disney may signal its recognition of "Steamboat Willie" being in the public domain.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Now all disney needs to do is backdown from ruining every single major movie release and franchise and stop firing all of their most experienced animators and maybe we'll get decent entertainment from this god awful company again!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Their recognition doesn't change the fact that it's in the public domain

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Disney followed the law is news. This is wild.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm having a hard time comprehending how this is a "win" when Disney had to voluntarily retract their claim with Youtube.

The short is in public domain. It is the goddamn motherfucking law. Disney does not have any say in the matter. We should not, and in fact do not, have to rely on them being "nice." Not anymore. That's the point.

Fuck them, in the ear, with an egg beater.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Here's a link to the video in question: https://youtu.be/JMYJxCj6pmI

I didn't think it was very funny at first, but the "no gag reflex? no wonder Goofy likes you" got me pretty good.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Fuck off Disney.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

HANDS OFF OUR WILLIE, DISNEY!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

"allowing it" as if disney owns the public domain.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

2024 the year Disney became less evil 🤯

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What? No. They tried to do something that's outright illegal and only stopped because enough people called them out on it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

It's not illegal to file a false copyright claim, unfortunately.