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| Nicholas Steel |
Posted on 19-01-02, 15:38 (revision 4)
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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jan/02/the-drought-is-over-mass-us-copyright-expiry-brings-flood-of-works-into-public-domain Existing USA Copyrights got extended by 20 years back in 1998, we're now starting to see stuff that was copyrighted in 1923 enter the public domain now that the 20 year increase has elapsed. AMD Ryzen 3700X | MSI Gamer Geforce 1070Ti 8GB | 16GB 3600MHz DDR4 RAM | ASUS Crosshair VIII Hero (WiFi) Motherboard | Windows 10 x64 |
| tomman |
Posted on 19-01-02, 16:23
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Dinosaur
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I guess Big Mouse Co. is too busy trying to drive Netflix into the ground for pushing yet another copyright term extension this time. But relax, this oversight will be corrected soon! We can't let the people have fun with products we're not really profiting anymore! Seriously, fuck Disney. They're the sole reason of why public domain is a joke nowadays :/ Licensed Pirate® since 2006, 100% Buttcoin™-free, enemy of All Things JavaScript™ |
| Kakashi |
Posted on 19-01-02, 20:50
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Steamboat Willie is still safe for another 5 years. |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-01-03, 12:15
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I am pleasantly surprised that no one deployed the lobbyists to get the sunset date bumped back again(or altered into an eternal copyright). SUCK IT, SONNY BONO AND MICKEY MOUSE! --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| Covarr |
Posted on 19-01-03, 16:26
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Even if Steamboat Willie enters the public domain, that's just a gloveless husk of a Mickey who can't even wear red pants. Outside of the growing archival and cultural preservation crowd, Disney just doesn't have a lot to lose here, and they know it, especially given the massive profits to be found in brand new live-action remakes complete with brand new copyrights. ...Or maybe they're being insidious, hoping that a bunch of get-rich-quick types will think Mickey in general is public domain and start selling illegal merch in the style of modern Mickey so that Disney can sue and make bank. Truth be told, I think there's more profit to be had there than in Steamboat Willie at this point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Screw_Yall |
| Nicholas Steel |
Posted on 19-01-03, 16:34 (revision 1)
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Posted by CovarrUnless someone has been time traveling, that's always been the case though? AMD Ryzen 3700X | MSI Gamer Geforce 1070Ti 8GB | 16GB 3600MHz DDR4 RAM | ASUS Crosshair VIII Hero (WiFi) Motherboard | Windows 10 x64 |
| wareya |
Posted on 19-01-03, 21:01 (revision 1)
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Posted by Nicholas Steel Kingdom Hearts 2 has a steamboat willie tie-in. Its Mickey has gloves etc though. |
| Screwtape |
Posted on 19-01-03, 23:38
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Posted by CaptainJistuce I've heard the theory that since the last time the copyright period was extended, copyright lobbyists saw the amount of energy that was directed against things like SOPA, and the whole mess around net neutrality, and decided not to pick that particular fight. I hope that's true, but I really have no idea. The ending of the words is ALMSIVI. |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-01-04, 01:28
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Post: #177 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 63 days Last view: 13 hours |
It is definitely a diffrent world than it was in 98. And we've been pissed about the DMCA since it was signed, so... definitely would've seen an imperial butt-ton of pushback. --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| Nicholas Steel |
Posted on 19-01-04, 08:44
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In 1998 Australia was still mostly Dial-up internet. AMD Ryzen 3700X | MSI Gamer Geforce 1070Ti 8GB | 16GB 3600MHz DDR4 RAM | ASUS Crosshair VIII Hero (WiFi) Motherboard | Windows 10 x64 |
| Kakashi |
Posted on 19-01-04, 10:09
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Post: #64 of 210 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1876 days Last view: 1848 days |
In 2018, Australia was mostly shitty speed....anything. |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-01-04, 11:04
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Post: #178 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 63 days Last view: 13 hours |
In AD 20XX, Australia was mostly shit. --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| tomman |
Posted on 19-01-04, 13:14
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Dinosaur
Post: #119 of 1316 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 1 hour Last view: 1 hour |
In 1998, I did got my first computer, dial-up wasn't even available nationwide yet (Internet was "this new cool thing from the USA!"), and we were still under the rule of the "trojan horse" government of Caldera (who was the man that set Chavez free, leading us into our current hell). Oh, and piracy over here was still in diapers. CD-Rs were the novelty (I still keep my very first batch of pirated software on 650MB gold Dysan CD-Rs with the infamous green dye, wonder if they're still readable...), and 1998 was the first year I had contact with something called "Winamp". And DOOM II. If you wanted to commit copyright infringement acts, you were pretty much limited to cassette tapes (which restricted you to music as computers were rare, yet new enough to not depend on tape drives), unless if you knew the right people (usually far away from small cities like mine) who could hook you up with those fancy, expensive CD-Rs full of cool shit. Movies? VHS or die. Although one of my uncles had Beta for whatever reason. Blockbuster was big in Venezuela, with all important cities having one (Caracas had like half a dozen or so), despite rampant piracy elsewhere (I do remember that one of my aunts ran her own video club, full of bootleg tapes... where you could see the true nature of VHS as a crap media). So... yeah, in 1998 we weren't even aware of the Internet in general. In 2018 noone gave a shit about their rights to public domain because it's natural to shit all over Disney precious IPs over here, and they can do nothing about it. The joys of being a 3rd-worlder, I guess. Licensed Pirate® since 2006, 100% Buttcoin™-free, enemy of All Things JavaScript™ |
| Kakashi |
Posted on 19-01-04, 14:50
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Post: #65 of 210 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1876 days Last view: 1848 days |
Away with you! We're making fun of Australia, not harping on about real-world problems! |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-01-05, 00:03
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Post: #180 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 63 days Last view: 13 hours |
Posted by tomman Did it whip the llama's ass in your part of the world too? --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| ndiddy |
Posted on 19-01-05, 00:05
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| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-01-05, 06:21 (revision 1)
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Posted by ndiddy  --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| Nicholas Steel |
Posted on 19-01-05, 09:49 (revision 1)
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This topic is stubbornly not getting marked as read after viewing it and scrolling to the bottom. That is, until I made this post within the topic. AMD Ryzen 3700X | MSI Gamer Geforce 1070Ti 8GB | 16GB 3600MHz DDR4 RAM | ASUS Crosshair VIII Hero (WiFi) Motherboard | Windows 10 x64 |
| Vladiskov is missing |
Posted on 19-04-30, 19:26 (revision 2)
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Posted by tomman i remember the dial up services from the early 00's, it were just shity and costly (bs500 unica pre-paid code card, you could spend that on a complete breakfast at school. with everything an a snack) for something like half a hour of -256kb dialup speed, prior to that we once conected up with a bbs on the late '98 (international fare lol, we downloaded lots of hacking manuals and books we never really read) On the point of this post: yesh, we can use it to make memes yet? i mean, steam willy driving the titanic (with dysney name on it) to an iceberg with the face of the red headed feminazi girl meme gonna be a reality? Also, the Third world Shield Is the main rason why there are soo many russian piracy groups. ------------------------------------------------- Porn makes everything better, even art. |
| tomman |
Posted on 19-04-30, 21:08
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Dinosaur
Post: #283 of 1316 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 1 hour Last view: 1 hour |
Posted by Vladiskovwashere Fact: I got connected to THE WORLD in 2001. It wasn't because $MOM considered "hey, there is this cool tech thing that could be very worthy for your education!!!". No, rather it was CANTV doing a national Internet tour around schools, setting up prepaid dialup accounts for students, and demoing connections with those fancy white boxes full of blinking lights (known as "mo-dems"). For a VEB 5000 fee, you got your very own dialup account, complete with a free email account (which I used until late '18 when even those stopped working), and a bag with a self-setup CD-ROM (containing CANTV-branded IE4/5 installers for both Mac and Windows). Plus your 5000 classic bolivars would buy you THREE HOURS of unlimited access! (for our next top-up, a Bs. 5000 card would buy 3 days, while a full week required a Bs. 10000 card, and that was quite a lot of money for a high school student back then!). Weeks later, I was hooked at home, and after blowing some cash in those goddamned prepaid cards, Mom just called CANTV and subscribed our line to a unlimited dialup connection (and a couple months later later, to a flat-rate voice service, after getting the surprise of her life when the phone bills arrived....) Fun fact: When some of the CANTV course tutors tried to login with their corporate-issued accounts, their modems rebounded them, HARD. But our freshly-created accounts were good enough for being accepted into TEH INTERWEBZ of the early XXIth century! Of course, the first account they tried was mine. My 3 complimentary hours? GONE with the wind~~~ But hey, I can remember the very first website I visited from those Win95 boxes running IE4: Pokemon.com :D Licensed Pirate® since 2006, 100% Buttcoin™-free, enemy of All Things JavaScript™ |
