#c. minnie

[batboyblog]

Copy Right and Public Domain in 2024

Happy 2024 all! its also Public Domain Day! a magical holiday here in America where things enter the public domain. Works published in the year 1928 (or 95 years ago!) have entered the public domain, which means they belong to us, all of us, the public!

Mickey's Back!

Yes! I'm sure you've heard, but Mickey Mouse (and Minnie Mouse too) is entering the Public Domain today. This has been news for a few years and indeed Disney's lobbying in the late 1990s is why our copy right term is SO long. So what exactly is now public domain?

Most people know about Mickey's first appearance Steamboat Willie, but a second short film, Plane Crazy was also released in 1928 so will also be public domain. So what's public? well these two films first of all, you're allowed to play them, upload them to YouTube or whatever without paying Disney. In theory you'll be allowed to cut and sample them, have them playing in the background of your movie etc. Likewise in theory the image of Mickey and Minnie as they appear (thats important) in these films will be free to use as well as Mickey's character as he appears in these works will be free to use. Now Mickey's later and more famous appearance

will still be protected. Famously the Conan Doyle Estate claimed that Sherlock Holmes couldn't be nice, smile, or not hate women in works because they still held the copyright on the short stories where he first did those things even though 90% of Sherlock Holmes stories were public domain. It's very likely Disney will assert similar claims over Mickey, claiming much of his personality first appeared in works still copyrighted.

Finally there's copyright vs trademark. Copyright is total ownership of a piece of media and all the ideas that appear in it, copyright has a limited set term and expires. Trademark is more limited and only applies to things used to market and sell a product. You can have a Coke branded vending machine in your movie if you want, but it couldn't appear anywhere in the trailer for your movie as thats you marketing your movie.

Where trademark ends and copyright begins and how trademarked something in the public domain is allowed to be are all unsettled areas of law and clearly Disney in the last few years as been aggressively pushing its trademark not just to Mickey in general but Steamboat Willie Mickey in particular

Ultimately the legal rights and wrongs of this might not matter so much since few people have the money and legal resources of the Walt Disney corporation so they might manage to maintain a de facto copyright on Mickey through legal intimidation, but maybe not?

And Tigger Too!

All the talk about Mickey Mouse and Steamboat Willie has sadly overshadowed other MAJOR things entering the public domain today. Most people are aware Winnie the Pooh entered the public domain in 2022, but they might not realize his beloved friend Tigger didn't. Thats because Tigger didn't appear till A. A. Milne's second (and last) book of Pooh short stories, The House at Pooh Corner in 1928.

Much like Mickey Mouse only what appears in The House at Pooh Corner is public domain so the orange bouncy boy from the 1960s Disney cartoon is still on lock down. But the A. A. Milne original as illustrated by E. H. Shepard is free for you to use in fiction or art. His friend Winnie the Pooh has made a number of appearances since being freed, most notably in a horror movie, but also a Mint Mobile commercial so maybe Tigger too will have a lot of luck in the public domain.

Other works:

Peter Pan; or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up

Peter Pan is a strange case, even though the play was first mounted in 1904, and the novelization (Peter and Wendy) was published in 1911, The script for the play was not published till 1928 (confusing!) meaning while the novel as been public domain for years the play (which came first) hasn't been, but now it is and people are welcome to mount productions of it.

Millions of Cats

The oldest picture book still in print, did you own a copy growing up? (I did)

Lady Chatterley's Lover

The iconic porn novel that was at the center of a number of groundbreaking obscenity cases in the 1960s and helped establish your right to free speech.

All Quiet on the Western Front and The Threepenny Opera in their original German (but you can translate them if you want), The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie, and Orlando by Virginia Woolf will also be joining us in the public domain along with any and all plays, novels, and books published in 1928

for Films we have The Man Who Laughs who's iconic image inspired the Joker

Charlie Chaplin's The Circus, Buster Keaton's The Cameraman, Should Married Men Go Home? the first Laurel and Hardy movie, Lights of New York the first "all talking" movie, The Passion of Joan of Arc, The Wind, as well as The Last Command and Street Angel the first films to win Oscars for Best Actor and Best Actress respectively will all be entering public domain

For Musical Compositions (more on that in a moment) we've got

Mack the Knife by Bertolt Brecht, Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love) by Cole Porter, Sonny Boy by George Gard DeSylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson, Empty Bed Blues by J. C. Johnson, and Makin’ Whoopee! by Gus Khan are some of the notables but any piece of music published in 1928 is covered

Any art work published in 1928, which might include works by Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keeffe, Alexej von Jawlensky, Edward Hopper, and André Kertész will enter the public domain, we are sure those that M. C. Escher's Tower of Babel will be in the public domain

Swan Song, Public Domain and recorded music

While most things are covered by the Copyright Act of 1976 as amended by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, none of the copyright acts covered recordings you see when American copyright law was first written recordings did not exist and so through its many amendings no one fixed this problem, movies were treated like plays and artwork, but recorded sound wasn't covered by any federal law. So all sound recordings from before 1972 were governed by a confusing mess of state level laws making it basically impossible to say what was public and what was under copyright. In 2017 Congress managed to do something right and passed the Music Modernization Act. Under the act all recordings from 1922 and before would enter the public domain in 2022. After taking a break for 2023, all sound recordings made in 1923 have entered the public domain today on January 1st 2024, these include.

Charleston by James P. Johnson

Yes! We Have No Bananas (recorded by a lot artists that year)

Who’s Sorry Now by Lewis James

Down Hearted Blues by Bessie Smith

Lawdy, Lawdy Blues by Ida Cox

Southern Blues and Moonshine Blues by Ma Rainey

That American Boy of Mine and Parade of the Wooden Soldiers by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra

Dipper Mouth Blues and Froggie More by King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band, featuring Louis Armstrong

Bambalina by Ray Miller Orchestra

Swingin’ Down the Lane by Isham Jones Orchestra

Enjoy your public domain works!

[mioritic]

Pages from a scrapbook made around 1883 by Minnie C. Woodbury Goodwin

From the collection of Mandy (Paper of the Past), who posts all sorts of delicious scrapbooks and ephemera on Instagram and here

[vdried]

' opino que todas las fotografías deberían ser tomadas en horizontal... y nunca ser compartidas en ninguna red social ' ¿acerca del mejor dispositivo para capturar imágenes? no tiene ni idea ' ¿siquiera puedes ver el producto final en eso? parece una cámara desechable... ' . / @minh3e

‘ prefiero las polaroids a este tipo de cámaras. ’ habla, después de haberse tomado cinco selfies desde distintos ángulos, contrastando con sus palabras. ‘ ¿tú qué opinas? y decir que las mejores fotos don desde el iphone no cuenta. ’

[houseofmouselove100]

Goofy decides to ask if they have seen any costumed villains but to no avail.

Goofy didn't know

that the evil queen was dressed as an old woman

Ursula was Vanessa

Pain and panic being the children who deceived Hercules

Everyone was seen accusing and arguing so the best solution was to lock up all the villains but after a small blackout the villains were disappeared.

[chuuminn]

I SWEAR I'M ONLY MINORLY OBSESSED WITH DETECTIVE!MINNIE AND PM!JESS- @thewickedjazzy thank you for letting me draw us ksjfdhskl

[wazowatt-blog]

Happy Valentine’s Day everybody !

[abs0luteb4stard]

W A T C H I N G

[chradi]

Swimsuit competition. Minnie shot and killed a man.

[foxboyclit]

for the thirsty asks:

16 & 64 for Iphis, 34 & 17 for Minisstra, and 9 for Chen’astra!

hi space! ty for the ask <3

*extends hand* come, talk about thirsty drow with me

16: Top 5 kinks

breeding (i know, im sorry)

pain play

knife play

degradation

bondage

64: How much PDA are they comfortable with?

he's comfortable with small things mostly, an arm around his waist or having his hair played with, he doesn't mind being kissed in public but thats more circumstantial. pda thats more along the lines of displaying ownership is more his thing, he gets uncomfortable if its like. genuinely sweet

34: What's the most adventurous thing they've tried during sex?

oh, that's a good one. i wanna say fucking Iphis with a blade, the need for both of them to be very, very careful was more thrilling than anything she'd previously done

17: Weirdest place they've had sex?

i wanna say its the chapel, i think locations wise she's more tame but that religion kink is strong

9: How vocal are they during sex?

too vocal for her liking. she tries to be quieter and when she inevitably fails Ang'dra bullies her

get to know my ocs on a more intimate level

[theruffiansretrorampage]

The official Disney Facebook

[dxnbii]

danbi had been staring at herself in the mirror for a good while now. despite looking right at herself, she still couldnt believe what they'd done to her. the smudged eye makeup and mascara tear stains running down her cheeks were evidence of how much she'd cried. she was proud of herself for calming down...but the more she stared at herself the sadder she got. oh! here they come again. cue the waterworks. danbi starts to cry into her hands once again until she hears the door open. she bite down on her lower lip to choke back her sobbing but there was no way she'd get out of this room unnoticed. @uhjaemin

[colour-source]

— random icons, psd perola azul ♡

[mistermmouse]

As the door leading into his and Minnie’s bedroom was quietly pushed open, Mickey equally as quiet, made his way inside. While doing so, he held onto a tray, decorated with a breakfast feast consisting of all his wife’s favorites. Said wife was still sleeping as peacefully and soundly within the comforts of their bed, the same way where he had left her earlier this morning. In fact, as soon as Mickey looked over and caught sight of Minnie’s resting face, the man couldn’t help but take a moment to pause and marvel at the beauty that is his wife. Even while asleep, she was as stunning as ever. He was almost inclined to letting his wife sleep a while longer, but with the clock already half past 10, and the breakfast still hot and freshly made, it would be good to wake Minnie up now so that they both can at least enjoy breakfast today. Besides, if she wished to stay in bed the rest of the day right after, than who was Mickey to deny his wife?

Gently placing the tray against the foot of the bed, the man then laid back down besides his sleeping wife before running his hand through her hair. “Minnie~” Mickey softly said, waking his wife up from her slumber. “I don’t mean to disturb your beauty sleep, but please wake up, love.” He said afterwards, using his other arm to wrap it around her waist before pulling her close. He pressed a kiss against the crown of her head. “I made breakfast, and it’s all of your favorites~” [ @mrsminnie ]

[geekcavepodcast]

Batman: Caped Crusader Season 1 Trailer

"Welcome to Gotham City, where the corrupt outnumber the good, criminals run rampant and law-abiding citizens live in a constant state of fear. Forged in the fire of tragedy, wealthy socialite Bruce Wayne becomes something both more and less than human—the BATMAN. His one-man crusade attracts unexpected allies within the GCPD and City Hall, but his heroic actions spawn deadly, unforeseen ramifications." (Prime Video)

Batman: Caped Crusader stars the voice talents of Hamish Linklater, Christina Ricci, Jamie Chung, Diedrich Bader, Minnie Driver, Mckenna Grace, Eric Morgan Stuart, Michelle C. Bonilla, Krystal Joy Brown, John DiMaggio, Paul Scheer, Reid Scott, Tom Kenny, Jason Watkins, Gary Anthony Williams, Dan Donohue, David Krumholtz, Haley Joel Osment, and Toby Stephens.

Batman: Caped Crusader season 1 hits Prime Video on August 1, 2024.

[scout-garcia]

where: pumpkin festival who: minnie ( @callofthxvoid )

scout couldn't see shit. she had gotten carried away with her halloween costume. after rewatching the nineteen ninety six blockbuster hit twister, the answer to the question that plagued her was obvious - she'd go as the twister.

after wrapping herself up in her makeshift twister (complete with cows, tiny cars and houses as decor) she happily shuffled down main street to live out her twister dreams.

"beep beep, twister coming through!"

[girlyraves]

starter for @introversions

ah no, this is gonna be some satanic, ritual, hidden-chapel shit, isn't it?

avery had supposed she should have changed her name to icarus at this point in time. she had dragged her friend into the woods with the concept of 'i haven't done anything fun in my twenties so far, please do this one thing for me'. which may have been the dumbest thing she'd ever have done and the last thing she'd ever do. it was pitch black by now, the forest had lost its colour an hour ago and it was safe to assume the two of them were lost. "c'mon, it's not like we're gonna get... unlost standing here, we need to actually move." avery demanded from her friend, grabbing their hand and forcing them to move forward further into the forest area. her plan had backfired, severely, the more she entered the forest the eerier it had felt. it was almost as though she could feel eyes fixated on her, though avery knew she was being paranoid, she had to be. the forest was perfectly fine in the daylight, she just had an overactive imagination. "you can feel it too, right? like this is gonna be some satanic ritual, hidden chapel with killers waiting to get us, type of thing."