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Taiwan Rejects US Copyright Extension Demands

Posted by michael on from the guido-says-you-should-buy-insurance dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Taiwan has rejected the US's demand to extend copyrights from 50 years to 70 years. Here's the news article on the Mercury News."

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  1. Re:Further reading by Redline · · Score: 5, Informative

    No sure what Disney stole other than the Mermaid.

    Jungle Book from Rudyard Kipling.
    Alice in Wonderland from Lewis Carroll.
    Peter Pan from J.M. Barrie

    That is just the animated features. Most of the "classic" Disney films are based on works with expired copyrights. (Black Beauty, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, Heidi, etc.) Have a look at this list of books that have lost copyright and passed into the public domain. Then count how may are Disney flicks.

    Disney had a rich culture of stories to draw from and reinterpret. They are trying to prevent the next generation of storytellers and media producers from doing to them what they did to earlier content creators.

  2. Re:Further reading by Gumshoe · · Score: 5, Informative
    No sure what Disney stole other than the Mermaid.


    The complete list of Disney films that were adaptations of works in the public domain.

    20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
    Alice In Wonderland
    Beauty and the Beast
    Cindarella
    Hunchback of NotreDame
    Jonny Appleseed
    Jungle Book
    Kidnapped
    The Little Mermaid
    Mulan
    Paul Bunyon
    Pinocchio
    Sleeping Beauty
    Sleepy Hollow

    By the way. Steamboat Willie aka Mickey was lifted from a Buster Keaton film.


    The Buster Keaton movie, Steamboat Bill, was not in the public domain. However Steamboat Willie was a parody of the film, which constitutes fair use of the copyrighted work.