On May 31,1790, the United States Constitution enforced the first copy right law. They discovered the copyright law based of Europe’s own copyright laws. In 1790, the law provided protection for several different things; such as scope, books, maps, and charts. The first copyright law was a length of 14 years, with a renewal of another 14 years if author was still living at the end of the first 14 years. There were several amendments to the copyright law over the next 100 years. (Timeline 18th century)
Over the few centuries, there has been some adjustment on the copyright laws. In 1870, on the revised Copyright Act of 1870, other things become over the protection of the Copyright laws. These things include photographs, painting, and other
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Disney is children based audience, if children seen mickey mouse smoking a cigarette or playing with guns. Children could possibly be thinking smoking is okay or guns are toys to play with. Copyrights have protected the Disney brand from misrepresentation in the public. (Miller, Bus Law Today, p94) They pick what and how their brand is used. It protects them from other types of liabilities as well. If Disney was in public domain, and a foreign company decided to product a Disney Mickey Mouse and it contained harmful materials it would be unreasonably dangerous product. (Miller, Bus Law Today, p95) Disney’s name would now have a that in their …show more content…
If copyrights to Disney were public domain, a lot of different people would benefit from it. A good saying would be that everyone is getting a piece of the pie. People whom possibly can’t afford the licensing of the Disney name could get in on the game. It could possibly be better for the economy with all the different marketing and products. Instead of one company making millions, there could be several companies making thousands. The prices would possibly drop and making it more affordable for families to purchase toys and