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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 56 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Mickey and Minnie without gloves are free. I imagine any depiction with oversized white gloves will be sued.

[–] ashestosea@midwest.social 61 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

They have gloves in the title card tho

Steamboat Willie Title Card

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 40 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Well, Mickey does. The comic looks to be missing Minnie's top too

[–] pigup@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago
[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The fact we have to have this conversation means Disney already won

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 39 points 9 months ago

Don't get me wrong, it's great that Disney via the government has stopped fucking us out of our culture. But we're talking about 100+ year old cartoons. So yeah, Disney won.

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 6 points 9 months ago

only according to one interpretation of copyright law.

https://youtu.be/N61Ho-gVpnE

[–] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago
[–] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

Homie is about to get a visit from the mouses lawyers.

[–] Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

Is it Goofy time yet?