Walt Disney Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Fri, 03 Jan 2025 13:43:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 What the Founding Fathers intended to be in the public domain today https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-the-founding-fathers-intended-to-be-in-the-public-domain-today/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-the-founding-fathers-intended-to-be-in-the-public-domain-today Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:17:23 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=4766 If Copyright law was still the way the Founding Fathers intended, anything copyrighted before 1955 would be in the public domain today. A number of noteworthy things came into being in 1955. But like Duke University’s Center of Public Domain

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]]> 4766 And now it’s Apple’s turn https://dfarq.homeip.net/and-now-its-apples-turn/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=and-now-its-apples-turn Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:13:04 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=4041 It’s been a weird month for technology. And as always, Apple had a way to get people to stop talking about anything else, though it’s not the news Apple wanted do deliver this week. I can only think of one

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]]> 4041 Whatever happened to risk-takers? https://dfarq.homeip.net/whatever-happened-to-risk-takers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whatever-happened-to-risk-takers https://dfarq.homeip.net/whatever-happened-to-risk-takers/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2005 15:15:02 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1463 I love Disney like I love the Soviet Union. Mainly it's because the company clawed its way to the top by taking advantage of obscure aspects of copyright law, and then the company bought enough Congressmen to close up the doors they used to get where they are today.

But I read something today about Disney that I found interesting.

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/whatever-happened-to-risk-takers/feed/ 1 1463 The best news I’ve heard in a long time: The Public Domain Enhancement Act https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-best-news-ive-heard-in-a-long-time-the-public-domain-enhancement-act-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-news-ive-heard-in-a-long-time-the-public-domain-enhancement-act-2 https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-best-news-ive-heard-in-a-long-time-the-public-domain-enhancement-act-2/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2003 01:51:21 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1037 The Public Domain Enhancement Act, which is the result of the Eric Eldred petition, has been introduced to Congress by two representatives from California. It's now known as H.R. 2601.

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