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[–] Flisty@mstdn.social 2 points 4 days ago (11 children)

@veroxii @neo2478 right, and in terms of PDO there's not much Europe could retaliate with. What is there? Bourbon and Tennessee Whiskey? I think those are the only geographical indicators they have. But Cory Doctorow came up with some good ideas. The EU has already brought in alternative app stores but I'm sure there are some other tech & IP considerations https://www.pluralistic.net/2025/01/15/beauty-eh/

[–] person1@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Yup. A lot of US income comes from predatory IP laws.

[–] Flisty@mstdn.social 1 points 4 days ago (6 children)

@person1 imagine if we applied normal copyright to Disney

[–] person1@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

yeah. it is called disney law in usa for a reason

[–] person1@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

...or was it mickey mouse law

[–] Flisty@mstdn.social 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

@person1 I work in publishing for schools and it is *so* difficult/expensive to publish support for literature or media. Fair use & fair dealing laws can only get you so far. Great Gatsby finally coming out of copyright was a big moment. But the reason it's come out is of course because it's not actually recent literature any more.

[–] person1@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

what do you mean by "publish support"?

[–] Flisty@mstdn.social 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

@person1 textbooks! And now ebooks and e-learning platforms. Look at this extract as an example of y, or analyse it to find examples of x, or watch this performance of a scene from a play as a good example of z.

[–] person1@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

thank you for clarifying :) I think here in Poland academia is covered by fair use, not fully sure though

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