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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
If that becomes our moral consensus, then I expect sports teams and other corporations will simply stop using real-world cultural imagery in their marketing altogether. It’s not clear to me how that will actually make anyone’s lives better.
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You are correct. It isn’t clear. It’s actually a exceedingly more complex, and starts to question what is in the commons or public domain of society, especially with respect to intellectual property.
No team can call themselves the “______ Mickey Mice” without having the tentacles Disney down their throat in 2 seconds.
Historically there has been regulation on what is in the private vs. public domain through trademarks, patents, intellectual property law etc.
Mickey Mouse has been in existence for 92 years. Is that a long enough time to make a buck off of creative content?
Disney keeps getting copyright extended to protect their private interests, despite consistently using the public domain to generate content (Pinocchio etc.)
Is this ethical or beneficial to society?
Is it coming to an end in 2023?
That’s an interesting question. This question is kicked around in the documentary “Beware of Images”