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Betty Boop and Indefinite Copyright
An anonymous reader writes "Apparently the Fleischer estate has lost a court battle for the rights to Betty Boop, a character created by Grim Natwick at Max Fleischer's studio in 1930. The 9th Circuit US Court of Appeals (based in San Francisco) ruled against the Fleischers, saying in their decision, 'If we ruled that AVELA's depictions of Betty Boop infringed Fleischer's trademarks, the Betty Boop character would essentially never enter the public domain.'"
Do you think it's possible to mod a Judge insightful?
"The weirdest thing about a mind, is that every answer that you find, is the basis of a brand new cliche" -
Since Betty Boop was made in 1930 and Mickey Mouse was made in 1928 then this means that Mickey Mouse is now in the public domain! ...right?
Hey what's with all the laughing?
Sanity in copyright law? Gosh, you look different. Haven't seen you for years. How's life? Must be horrible, you look like an abuse victim. You sure you're not taking drugs?
They call me Toot now. Sometimes I cut myself to relieve the pain...
My ism, it's full of beliefs.
Look for my fine line of car stickers of Betty pissing on things you don't like(tm) at fine convenience stores everywhere!
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Do you think it's possible to mod a Judge insightful?
Hmmm. Modded judges. Interesting concept. Where do you insert the chip?
I am anarch of all I survey.