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The Importance of Trademark Protection When Copyrighted Works Enter the Public Domain

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Copyright © Walt Disney Animation Studios A background on copyright protections in the US All works that were published in the US prior to 1923 are now in the public domain, as is any work created by individuals in an official capacity for the federal government. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.

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What Copyright’s “Unclaimable Material” Rules Mean for Hollywood’s Use of AI

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An article in the Hollywood Reporter earlier this week suggested that there’s finally been some movement between the parties with respect to generative AI, as studios recognize that copyright protection in AI-generated scripts is only possible for those works if they’re revised by human writers.

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13 Spooky Copyright Cases, Just in Time for Halloween

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The studio settled quietly out of court, so there’s no reported decision in this one. It found that because Harvey had not renewed the copyrights on the comics featuring the character that later developed into Fatso, the depictions of the character relied on by Harvey had fallen into the public domain. The Ghostly Trio.

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