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alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 13 hours ago

Betty Boop, Blondie, and a slew of Mickey Mouse cartoons are entering the public domain, so let's hope for something better than bargain bin horror games

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Betty Boop, Blondie, and a slew of Mickey Mouse cartoons are entering the public domain, so let's hope for something better than bargain bin horror games

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alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 13 hours ago
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Another year, another grab bag of expired copyrights.
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  • 🇾 🇪 🇿 🇿 🇪 🇾@lemmy.ca
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    Oh Betty is 110 years old now, I guess the public should have fair use now, its only fair.

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    8 hours ago

    Still waiting for public domain character Smash Bros

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      Sherlock Holmes & Captain Nemo vs the Ghost of Christmas Future & a morlock

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    Or we could just enjoy them as they are and not try to capitalize on them with low effort garbage.

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      Capitalism’s gonna capitalize. It’s what it does.

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    I’m never going to actually watch any of the live action Popeye horror films, but it is funny that we immediately got three of them

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      … I haven’t heard of any of them lol wtf? This is real?

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        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popeye's_Revenge

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popeye_the_Slayer_Man

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiver_Me_Timbers_(2025_film)

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    It’s gonna be used for the worst fucking purposes

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      OpenAI: You rang?

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        They already scraped it. Why would they care if it became public domain?

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    Can we not have a battle royale game?

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