Sundray to Comic [email protected]English • 8 months agoHow to draw Mickey -- er, I mean Doug [Super-Fun-Pak Comix]lemmus.orgimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1436arrow-down16file-text
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink43•edit-28 months agoHas Disney sent a cease and desist letter about using public domain Mickey?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink64•8 months agoThey semi-recently made an entire show using the old character styles presumably to muddy the legal waters and allow them to do exactly that…so I would assume so.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish46•8 months agoThey also have been using the steamboat Willie clip as part of their intro, presumably for the same reason.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish22•8 months agoTrademark doesn’t have an expiration if they’re still using it, so they would argue that you’re violating their trademark instead of their copyright.
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Has Disney sent a cease and desist letter about using public domain Mickey?
They semi-recently made an entire show using the old character styles presumably to muddy the legal waters and allow them to do exactly that…so I would assume so.
They also have been using the steamboat Willie clip as part of their intro, presumably for the same reason.
Trademark doesn’t have an expiration if they’re still using it, so they would argue that you’re violating their trademark instead of their copyright.