FAEBL

A creative studio experimenting with the public domain.

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Welcome to the Public Domain, Mickey Mouse🐭

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Join @AdamSandler and help us FREE THE MOUSE🐭

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FAEBL is a true social experiment by the people for the people.

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Copyright only exists in "Common Law" countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, India, Australia, and Canada.

It is subject to specific rules, notably the use of the words "copyright" or the symbol ©.

Outside these territories, the © symbol has no legal value.

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At the end of 2023, Disney's flagship character, Mickey Mouse, is set to enter the public domain in the United States.

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Ever since Mickey first appeared as a steamboat pilot a year before the Great Depression, the length of creative copyright has been extended...

again....

....and again.

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Not yet, but soon...

January 1, 2024.

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The King Mickey

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"I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream" is a popular song by Howard Johnson, Billy Moll, & Robert A. King that entered the Public domain this year.

After initial success as a late 1920s novelty song, the tune became a traditional jazz standard.

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We’re not creating new IP.

We’re reintroducing the most proven, classic characters in history.

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The public domain is our cultural commons and a crucial resource for innovation and access to knowledge.

Copyright policy should strive to promote ideas and creativity - not diminish, a robust, accessible public domain.

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Project Gutenberg (@gutenberg_org) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, to “encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks”. It was founded in 1971 by Michael S. Hart and is the oldest digital library.

Currently, it offers over 49,000 FREE eBooks to read/use and they are all part of the Public Domain in the U.S. aka copyright-free.

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Today, Congress holds the power to modify copyright duration as needed, suggesting that Mickey Mouse’s copyright could see another extension before 2024 hits.

But should it?

Does Disney’s legal manipulation serve any positive benefits to society at large, or does it merely further enforce the repertoire of private interests?

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FAEBL anticipates the release of the world’s most recognizable rodent from the control of the Walt Disney Company.

This will have been, barring any more last-minute extensions, a very long time coming…

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Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is one of the most recognizable and famous works of art in the world.

It is also one of the most replicated and reinterpreted.

How?

Public Domain.

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How to draw Mickey Mouse

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FAEBL is the company that Disney doesn't want you to know about.

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Simply changing portions of the text, adding footnotes, references, opinions etc to Public Domain books can allow you to recreate new works which then be copyrighted to you as the new author.

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