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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Those works are still available for others to modify as they see fit. Society has no right to the Disney stuff unless Disney says so.
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You're missing my point.
Disney was able to use those works because they entered into the public domain. And interestingly, when Disney used those works, they had entered the public domain much more quickly than they do now in the U.S. Had any of them sat in limbo for an extended period (as can happen under the current law), maybe some would never have come out again and would have ended up forgotten.
It's funny because Disney lobbied hard to extend copyright, so now works published in the U.S. after 1978 or so won't enter the public domain for a much longer period, increasing the risk that they are forgotten and entirely lost to future culture.
I'm not saying there should be no copyright, just that maybe the public is losing out when the copyright period goes on and on like it does now. Copyright is supposed to be a careful balance between the public as a whole and content creators.