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I wonder if anyone is going to mod Steam Boat Willy into the game and see how long it takes Disney to claim trademark infringement.

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Steamboat Willy is in the Public domain as of Jan 1st

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Yes but now they are trying to trade mark it

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They’d be 23 days late on that claim

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They’ve started putting steam boat Willy in front of all their movies so they can protect it with trademark since the copyright has expired.

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have they actually tried enforcing it yet? or is that just the internet’s working theory?

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