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Freedom (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by lawrence@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

Author: wendy m

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[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 58 points 8 months ago

Mickey and Minnie without gloves are free. I imagine any depiction with oversized white gloves will be sued.

[-] ashestosea@midwest.social 62 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

They have gloves in the title card tho

Steamboat Willie Title Card

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 40 points 8 months ago

Well, Mickey does. The comic looks to be missing Minnie's top too

[-] pigup@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago
[-] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago

The fact we have to have this conversation means Disney already won

[-] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 39 points 8 months ago

Don't get me wrong, it's great that Disney via the government has stopped fucking us out of our culture. But we're talking about 100+ year old cartoons. So yeah, Disney won.

[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 6 points 8 months ago

only according to one interpretation of copyright law.

https://youtu.be/N61Ho-gVpnE

[-] amio@kbin.social 20 points 8 months ago

Um, ackchually, I think you'll find they're libre, not free.

(Just kidding)

[-] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago
[-] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

Homie is about to get a visit from the mouses lawyers.

[-] Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

Is it Goofy time yet?

this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2024
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