To that end the shots fired against Disney ($187.86 billion) narrative is pretty solid, and indeed the article linked at the start notes it as a likely workaround to individual targets (which is legally dubious). That is also 150 billion for a market cap which is only a handful - Fox (though not sure what they have right now after the Disney thing the other year) for instance is sitting now at 17.14 billion, Warner Bros is 42.12, Universal Pictures is Comcast which would just about squeak over at 179.20 billion at time of writing but I don't know if they would subdivide down (I presume that is what II aims for), Paramount is 18.493). 5121 is Motion Picture and Video Industries and 71 - Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation which does not necessarily include software.
Disney and others have been probed on their intentions to attempt to get another extension but general word seems to be that they are not going for it in previous years, though how much that word is worth is very much up for debate (especially with huge back catalogues able to be leveraged on streaming if that is the future).Īnyway it is not a general law and instead only applies to things where the company "(i) has a market capitalization of more than $150,000,000,000 and (ii) (I) is classified under North American Industry Classification System code 5121 or 71 or (II) engages in substantial activities for which a code described in subclause (I) could be assigned. The clock did restart the other year (see the 2019 thread) with said Steamboat Willie due to go in 2024 but we have been getting some nice stuff in the meantime (those threads have more and links to more still). It is in some ways being framed under the general anti Disney sentiment that is happening right now (you might have seen them lose their special status in Florida a few weeks back) and it is probably more of a feel good protest thing than something like to land in law but I will try to note copyright reform attempts where I see them as they are so few and far between, and most times we see copyright discussed it is either in DMCA exceptions lists or the US pressuring other countries to get in line with them (could make for some interesting futures there too).Īnyway around here for a while now I have done the public domain day threads each yearįor those unfamiliar then copyright is historically supposed to have had a limit but the last two times Mickey Mouse got close to being out of copyright (see Steamboat Willie) then Disney went all lobbying mad and got it extended. "S.4178 - Copyright Clause Restoration Act of 2022"Īs far as posting here I am a bit late to the party but might as well go it and it is has not been rejected yet.