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		aidenn0 on Aug 9, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Third Atomic Bomb My example is Disney's 1959 Sleeping Beauty. Had today's copyright regime been in force, Tchaikovsky's 1890 ballet would have still been under copyright, so Disney couldn't have made it.

mr_toad on Aug 9, 2024 [–]

If you could patent pulling up the ladder after you, Disney would hold that patent.

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