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Mickey Mouse copyright cases
I am working on a paper for my college english class about copyright, focusing on MLKs "I Have A Dream" speech. Before you ask what this has to do with Disney, I am making a comparision between that speech's copyright and Mickey Mouse's copyright, as well as any other Disney thing I could think of. Since Disney has gotten involved with a lot of legal cases involving Mickey's copyright in particular, I was wondering if anyone knew any specifc cases involving Mickey's copyright infringment? P.S.- I am not sure as to where this thread goes so, if it is in the wrong place, feel free to move it.
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That's a tough issue. Mickey Mouse isn't just protected by copyright laws, but also is given protected status because he is a trademark (which the Dream speech is not). So you should be able to get a nice section written on that difference.
Take a look at Eldred v. Ashcroft (2002), which dealt with the issue of whether or not Mickey Mouse entered the public domain in 2000. And here's a link to a description of a copyright infringement case involving Disney characters. Protection of Graphic Characters Good luck!
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