HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 days agoPopeye, Tintin and more will enter the public domain in the new yearwww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down14
arrow-up1132arrow-down1external-linkPopeye, Tintin and more will enter the public domain in the new yearwww.npr.orgHiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareNotSteve_@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 days 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-up8·2 days agoOr, they have to pay royalties to the owners there?
minus-squareNotSteve_@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-22 days 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