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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Perhaps, but I don't think that just because Steamboat Willie goes into PD means that Mickey and Friends are suddenly in PD. Just the movie goes into PD. Anyone who tries to use Mickey will have to tread a very fine line.
I don't really expect the next big fight to be over early talkies, but rather when the movies from the 30's onward roll towards PD. Call it 1930.
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In the UK, the length of copyright protection of a film is the usual "life+70" term applied to the following people:
- The principal director.
- The author of the screenplay.
- The author of the dialogue.
- The composer of any original music.
So when the last of these four people dies, that's when the 70 year clock starts "ticking".