[ SECRET POST #2469 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2469 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[crunchysunrises]

I'm not a copyright attorney either but I don't think Mickey's up for public domain any time soon since in the U.S. I know it's generally life + 70 years for an individual creator's copyright or, if published by a corporation, 95 years from publication. (The 'or 120 years from creation' clause came much later that Walt would've produced Mickey.) So, without looking up when Mickey first came out, Mickey's probably protected for the time being.

Regardless, however, the situation between Mickey and Sherlock isn't analogous since the pertinent copyright laws are governed by two independent countries.

Anyway, I don't think the ACD estate cares about fanfic one way or the other. They probably care deeply, however, about getting a portion of the proceeds from the Sherlock-homages/spinoffs.

I'd link you to the articles by actual copyright attorneys on this topic but their website apparently only keeps articles for a certain period of time and then they're lost to the ether. And all the other articles I read wondered more about 'When does a character become an archtype?' which isn't actually pertinent to this discussion. Sorry!

[feathercircle]

Mickey's not up for public domain any time soon because Disney has fought for the various copyright extensions in America. If they hadn't, his protected status would have expired in the early 2000s.

Regardless, copyright owners desiring to cash in on highly marketable derivative works is an entirely different thing from derivative works extending copyright duration. If you ever track those articles down I'd be interested in seeing them; if that is in fact the case it's unlike any copyright provisions I'm aware of and I'm curious about the details.

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe archive.org can help to access to those articles?