<story><title>What will enter the public domain in 2024?</title><url>https://publicdomainreview.org/features/entering-the-public-domain/2024/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jedberg</author><text>Disney Animation has been using a clip from Steamboat Willy (and the song) as their opening bumper for years.&lt;p&gt;It was originally done when John Lassiter took over Disney Animation as an homage to his idol Walt.  But some IP lawyers have said that it may also make it impossible to use Steamboat Willy in the public domain because they could claim you&amp;#x27;re violating their copyright on their bumper.&lt;p&gt;Will be interesting to see if that gets tested.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>CSMastermind</author><text>This reminds me of the copy protection on the original Gameboy.&lt;p&gt;So Nintendo makes the Gameboy, and they only want authorized games to be used in the system.  But how can they stop someone from looking at the hardware and making a compatible game without paying a license fee?&lt;p&gt;Well, they build a check into the hardware for a specific set of assembly code on the cartridge.  If your cart doesn&amp;#x27;t have that exact assembly it won&amp;#x27;t boot up.&lt;p&gt;The code?&lt;p&gt;It displays the Nintendo logo on the screen and plays their jingle.&lt;p&gt;That way, if you did make an unauthorized cartridge, you&amp;#x27;d have to infringe on their trademark in order to make the game playable.</text></comment>
<story><title>What will enter the public domain in 2024?</title><url>https://publicdomainreview.org/features/entering-the-public-domain/2024/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jedberg</author><text>Disney Animation has been using a clip from Steamboat Willy (and the song) as their opening bumper for years.&lt;p&gt;It was originally done when John Lassiter took over Disney Animation as an homage to his idol Walt.  But some IP lawyers have said that it may also make it impossible to use Steamboat Willy in the public domain because they could claim you&amp;#x27;re violating their copyright on their bumper.&lt;p&gt;Will be interesting to see if that gets tested.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>humanrebar</author><text>I always thought it would be establishing &amp;quot;Willie&amp;quot; as precisely a trademark to invoke that side of IP law.</text></comment>