This is, as far as I am concerned, fantastic news. Thanks to the folks over at Film Chest and at the Internet Archive two Bugs Bunny cartoons are now available in the public domain.
This is how it’s supposed to work. Someone creates something really cool, and for a while they have every right to benefit from that creation. But after a reasonable amount of time, and here I define that as something less than one persons lifetime, that creation enters the public domain.What’s really cool is the the folks over at Film Chest have donated an amazing number of cartoons to the Internet Archive, not just Bugs Bunny. You’ll find Woody Woodpecker and Felix the Cat there, as well as Popeye the Sailor.
But guess what you won’t find there. Give up? The answer is you won’t find a thing from the folks at Disney (no link on purpose). Nope, the folks at Disney think it’s ok to not share. Even though many of the Disney cartoons predate the cartoons you’ll find on the Internet Archive Disney keeps them locked down. Nope, nothing going to the public domain from Disney.
And just for the record, here are some of the things that the folks at Disney have created which they got from the public domain:
- Snow White
- Sleeping Beauty
- Alice in Wonderland
- Aladdin
Boy but this kind of thing just gets right up my left nostril.
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