Disney backs down from 'Steamboat Willie' YouTube copyright claim

Technology@lemmy.world – 695 points – 6 months ago

• Disney retracts copyright claim on a YouTuber's "Steamboat Willie" video, allowing it to be monetizable and shareable worldwide.

• The claim had previously demonetized the video and restricted its visibility and embedding options.

• This move by Disney may signal its recognition of "Steamboat Willie" being in the public domain.

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Since more and more works arrive into public domain, are there aggregate sites/torrents with fresh "releases"?

https://blog.archive.org/ marks the beginning of each year with some articles featuring the new public domain material.

For digital copies of written works in the public domain, projectgutenberg.org is a good source.