[RoadTest]

” the main Disney cartoon characters (Mouse, Duck, Goofy) should LONG ago have entered the public domain.”

I don’t agree with that. Those characters were designed and launched by the Disney organization. They belong to them. Who is to say that at some arbitrary point in time they should be handed over to “the people”, which more and more is becoming “The Government”.

As in “Peoples’ Republic of China”. “Peoples’ Republic of North Korea”

[Wonder Warthog]

"I don’t agree with that. Those characters were designed and launched by the Disney organization. They belong to them. Who is to say that at some arbitrary point in time they should be handed over to “the people”, which more and more is becoming “The Government”."

Then you disagree with the Founding Fathers, who set up patents and copyrights in the first place. NOBODY has eternal ownership of anything, though many think they could and should.

[kabumpo]

Thank you for appreciating that even cartoon characters don’t fall out of the sky. Creation can take years of work and struggle.