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• 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.

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[–] Smacks@lemmy.world 124 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I actually didn't expect Disney to respect public domain. Everyone 100% has the right to absolutely shit on them for strangling copyright law all these years, though.

[–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 35 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I'm honestly pretty shocked they even let it go public domain at all.

[–] tuhriel@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

Jake from the corridor crew did a video speculating what the reasoning is behind it: https://youtu.be/u2dIvUAd5QE?si=rC2Kg_c-hCy0niYF

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