This iconic mouse is weeks away fromn being in the public domain Jan. 1, 2024, is the day when ‘Steamboat Willie’ enters the public domain

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    11 months ago

    Copyright is meant to last roughly the lifetime of the artist, but organizations can live forever.

    This is why I think it needs to be updated.

    And then nothing ever goes in the public domain, a shared culture dissolves in to nothingness.

    I don’t see how these two things relate to one another at all. We currently have a shared culture.