HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agoPopeye, Tintin and more will enter the public domain in the new yearwww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down14cross-posted to: moviesandtv@lemm.eepublicdomain@lemmy.world
arrow-up1133arrow-down1external-linkPopeye, Tintin and more will enter the public domain in the new yearwww.npr.orgHiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square9fedilinkcross-posted to: moviesandtv@lemm.eepublicdomain@lemmy.world
minus-squareNotSteve_@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoHow does that work anyway? Would any American public domain usages of the characters be banned from release in the EU?
minus-squarejosefo@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoOr, they have to pay royalties to the owners there?
minus-squareNotSteve_@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-21 year agoThat definitely makes more sense. Admitedly I didn’t put much thought into it
How does that work anyway? Would any American public domain usages of the characters be banned from release in the EU?
Or, they have to pay royalties to the owners there?
That definitely makes more sense. Admitedly I didn’t put much thought into it