The company tacitly acknowledges that 'Steamboat Willie' is in the public domain.

• Disney retracts copyright claim on a YouTuber’s “Steamboat Willie” video, allowing it to be monetizable and shareable worldwide.

• The claim had previously demonetized the video and restricted its visibility and embedding options.

• This move by Disney may signal its recognition of “Steamboat Willie” being in the public domain.

    • brsrklf@jlai.luEnglish
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      10 months ago

      What? No. They tried to do something that’s outright illegal and only stopped because enough people called them out on it.

      • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
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        10 months ago

        It’s not illegal to file a false copyright claim, unfortunately.

        • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
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          10 months ago

          It’s not illegal in the way it’s not illegal to violate a copyright

          You can sue them for it though, or you could if there wasn’t such a huge power imbalance

          • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
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            10 months ago

            Sue them for what? Disney can make as many copyright claims with Youtube as they want. There are no laws regulating that. That is purely a Youtube decision.