Well yeah, because if someone can claim a copyright on their public domain work, gen disney might be in a bit of trouble, considering they built their movie business on using public domain stories.
Disney backs down from 'Steamboat Willie' YouTube copyright claim
Submitted 1 year ago by bot@lemmy.smeargle.fans [bot] to hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
https://mashable.com/article/disney-pulls-youtube-steamboat-willie-copyright-claim
CJOtheReal@ani.social 1 year ago
Uh, they didn’t have a case…
Tbh probably was automatic.