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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Because laws can be changed and there's nothing stopping anyone else from using the same public domain works to create their own versions for retail sale.
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That doesn't actually answer my question.
Why is Mickey 'special'? Why should Disney have exclusive rights to him forever and ever, when the same principles applied to the works of the Brothers Grimm or Charles Perrault or Shakespeare would mean that most of Disney's movies would not even exist?
Yes, others are free to use Hamlet or Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty, but no one will ever be allowed to use Mickey because some corporation can buy a few Senators.
What I don't understand is why you think that's A-OK.