oDDmON@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 10 months agoDon’t DO IT Steamboat!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squarebartolomeo@suppo.filinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoWould this picture have been ILLEGAL a month ago or why is steamboat Willy such a big deal rn?
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-210 months agoIt’s only a big deal because of what Disney didn’t do, which is lobby to extend copyright yet again. That’s it. Oh, and Steamboat Willy itself can be distributed as much as you want, at least in the US. It’s a good year to be a connoisseur of 1920s animation.
Would this picture have been ILLEGAL a month ago or why is steamboat Willy such a big deal rn?
It’s only a big deal because of what Disney didn’t do, which is lobby to extend copyright yet again. That’s it.
Oh, and Steamboat Willy itself can be distributed as much as you want, at least in the US. It’s a good year to be a connoisseur of 1920s animation.