Does this mean I can finally make and sell a shonen comic about Steamboat Mickey?
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Does this mean I can finally make and sell a shonen comic about Steamboat Mickey?
Yes
Remember the steam is his power source and he channels it through boat! This an’t no lazy River this is Steam power! TOOT TOOT! Micky proceeds to push his boat fist through Cthulhu stopping the madness, than he looks up and see’s Walt in the sky. He’s so full of steam he can’t even shed a tear but instead steam, which rises to the sky to rain down a cool victory as he sees a rainbow in the horizon. Micky fixes his hat and says he’s coming home Minnie. In the horizons shadows of Pete and Mortimer Look down at him.
Yes, though you probably have to make sure not to step to close to the modern version.
>in the same year Pluto (heh) enters Aquarius
>Aquarius is a white woman
I thought Aquarius was masculine
Wahoo, you can now make Micky the protagonist of a porn game and not get sued.
Watch Disney blame their imminent collapse on this, and rewrite history and genuinely convince huge swaths of the populace that Disney was doing just fine in 2023
They say a lie travels around the world before the truth can put on its shoes. At least the truth ends up taking the same trip, eventually.
Not only you can finally make it, it's within your rights to do it, and possibly even your obligation.
Not to mention, you can make money of it!
IIRC there is still something in play with the Trademark that lets Disney's lawyers still come after you if you make something that can be "confused for being official content made by Disney" which is probably vague enough for them to try to get you if they smell blood
Can they still come after you if you put in a giant disclaimer saying: "NOT BY DISNEY"?
>Have Mickey say frick
>”No one can confuse adult media like this with the family-friendly Disney brand”
The classic case for this is DC's Shazam! comics where DC has the copyright to Captain Marvel but not the trademark. They had to rename the comic to Shazam! and be very care about where they could use the name Captain Marvel, for example, they could use the name Captain Marvel inside the comic books, but not as the title of a comic or the name of a product. Eventually, all of this became too convoluted and DC just renamed the character to be Shazam.
lmfao, to be fair when I was a kid first getting into comics this confused the frick out of me.
What will happen in 20 years once characters like Mickey and Batman are comfortably in the public domain and it is much easier to make works off of them without the fear of borrowing from a later source?
Other Hollywood studios will milk the frick out of them
Yeah like how other studios milked the frick out of snow white, Cinderella, the Little mermaid & all the other public domain characters Disney used. The key part of Disney's Cinderella was Disney not Cinderella. Disney is what people care sbout
They won't tho, they have a gentleman agreement
Then the Chinese will.
Batman V. Mickey: Dawn of Steamboat.
that was a reddit post
AI slop and plenty of one-shots of various quality.
If you think the unending train of Sequels and Trilogies and Saga's is something now. Just imagine the metagame of making the definitive batman or spiderman.
Those characters are so flexible when it comes to tone and genres that it'll probably come down more to which niche appeals to you the most.
At some point it no longer becomes the character lol.
Idk, I think it's somewhat of a mistake to assume that financially successful media has that wide a range of stories to tell. What's more likely to happen is just using the brand recognition of these characters as a force multiplier for already existing stories.
>Oh Beauty and the beast seems to always rake in cash, lets do that but it features Batman!
Is imo, more likely to be the route companies (and indies too tbh lol) will take because success is the end goal for most creators (companies or indie) and pulling from what already works is virtually always the best strategy...except in 30 years you can just straight up take it lmao.
>Idk, I think it's somewhat of a mistake to assume that financially successful media has that wide a range of stories to tell.
It's a bigger mistake to write off financially successful media's potential simply because of its commercial nature.
You aren't wrong that reusing proven strategies is the best strategy, but that doesn't mean it's the ONLY strategy, and it's rather pompous to think mainstream entertainment's current state of rehashes is an inherent consequence instead of a flaw.
I don't see how I'm being pompous..? Maybe you meant presumptuous?? Though I think that's a stretch too..
>It's a bigger mistake to write off financially successful media's potential simply because of its commercial nature.
I don't see how I'm "writing off" anything. While it's impossible to get away from a financial venture's potential being directly tied to its commercial nature that doesn't mean I think it's the only limiting factor. I even indicate as much by saying "somewhat" of a mistake and "most likely" lol.
> mainstream entertainment's current state of rehashes is an inherent consequence instead of a flaw.
Those aren't mutually exclusive so It could very well be both, I never even made a statement about it...but putting that aside, when it comes to financial landscapes the best strategy usually becomes the omnipresent one up to the point of market saturation (for its effectiveness), at which point the next-best strategy is taken up by newer successful companies (and on and on downwards).
Same as Winnie the Pooh, will be slowly forgotten until something like the horror movie happens and people either like it ironically or or just ignore it.
>Batman are comfortably in the public domain and it is much easier to make works off of them without the fear of borrowing from a later source?
We'll see a near total end to expys and homages due to inability to use the characters. Major studios will hardly ever touch the characters because there's less profit to be made from them, but indies might use them more.
we can profit from mickey mouse furry porn
its gonna be a bright year!
Depends if the Mouse cares enough to shut you down or take your money.
>Anime Boat Mickey
>Make money
>"You are using the Disney trademark symbol that is Mickeys head and confusing consumers"
>"But that's not true! You just want to israelite me!"
>All the most powerful lawyers money can buy vs you.
The mouse can't lose.
The mouse can't avoid the law. The brand Mickey Mouse is the only thing still in copyright, which means you can't name your products based on characters, but you can use them for logos and movies.
seethe bob iger you lost the mouse in case you haven't realized HE'S PUBLIC DOMAIN!
Are you legally allowed to refer to him as mickey or was his name not mickey yet?
Yes, you can refer to him as Mickey, but you cannot create media with the "Mickey Mouse" title.
>he doesn't realize plane crazy mickey is also public domain.
plane crazy, the silent version, NOT the sound version
The Gallopin' Gaucho is also public domain, though
You could've done that before, you just couldn't make money off of it.
Last Time on Steamboat Willie Z
Will Mickey be in Shrek 5?
The final blow to Disney's awful centennial
Just watched the original.
What a dogshit cartoon. Can't see it having a future.
so hypothetically, as of 1/1/24, I can make "Steamboat Willie" (the 1928 iteration of Mickey) fight off against a group of Hippies without any consequences?
Yes, make them fight the character of Fables
Yes. Just make sure that none of your stories take elements from any other Mickey comic, cartoon, song, toy, or game. Disney still owns everything BUT Steamboat Willie, Plane Crazy, and Gallopin Gaucho.
I'm gonna make an RPG maker game staring Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Popeye, and Felix the Cat
>Bugs Bunny
He doesn't go into public domain until like 2036
Captain Mick "Steamboat" Williams, better known as "Steamboat Willie" wrested control of his boat from his corrupt former captain and travels the Mississippi in the search for adventure and treasure, pursued by dangerous river pirates.
Use the Plane Crazy design, it isn't trademarked
Yes. But if you try and market it using Mickeys name or iconography Dinsey will try and shut you down for trademark infringement. Make it as clear as possible it's NOT associated with Disney and you're good.
90 years.