Kusan tun daga 90s na karni na karshe, da masana'anta Disney yana ta yakar hukumomin majalisar na Amurka ta yadda dokokin haƙƙin mallaka suna gyaggyarawa kuma, don haka, ƙara tsawon lokacin da zai yiwu ikon mallakar wasu zane waɗanda tuni a cikin wannan shekaru goma suka fara ƙarewa. Wannan shi ne yanayin Mickey Mouse na farko, wannan ɗan wasan tatsuniya na gajere Steamboat Willie wanda zai iya shiga cikin jama'a a cikin 2023, daidai shekaru 95 bayan ƙirƙirar ta Walt Disney.
Komawa da baya tare da lokacin ƙarshe
Gabaɗaya Dokokin Amurka suna kare ayyukan marubuci har zuwa shekaru 95 amma gaskiya ne cewa waɗannan tanade-tanaden an yi su ne a cikin duniyar da babu manyan kamfanoni da za su iya rayuwa ta asali na mahaliccin aikin fasaha. Wato, duk da cewa dokokin sun kare Walt Disney don hana wani mutum yin amfani da halittarsa a tsawon rayuwarsa, ba su yi la'akari da yiwuwar cewa wannan gadon zai shiga hannun kamfanin da zai iya yin amfani da shi ta hanyar kasuwanci fiye da wannan lokacin. .
Da kyau, kodayake Disney ya gudanar da keɓewar shekaru 20 don hana Mickey Mouse daga Steamboat Willie za su shiga cikin jama'a a cikin 2023, wani yunƙurin doka a Amurka yana neman daidai da akasin haka: janye wancan karin lokacin na shekaru ashirin, Bar shi a farkon shekaru 95 na wannan lokacin kuma, a mataki na ƙarshe, rage adadin shekarun zuwa kawai 56. Isasshen marubucin ya rayu godiya ga halittarsa.
Josh Hawley, dan majalisar dattijai wanda ke jagorantar wannan yunƙurin a Amurka, ya bayyana sarai cewa "zamanin tallafin da 'yan Republican ke bayarwa ga manyan 'yan kasuwa ya ƙare. Godiya ga kariyar haƙƙin mallaka na musamman daga Majalisa, kamfanoni [...] kamar Disney sun yi biliyoyin. […]Lokaci ya yi da za a kawar da gata na musamman na Disney da kawo sabon zamanin kerawa da ƙirƙira.”
Barka da zuwa Mickey a 2023?
Ya kasance a cikin 1928 lokacin da Walt Disney mai matsananciyar matsananciyar wahala kuma a cikin kusan faɗuwar kuɗi na kuɗi, ya yanke shawarar fayyace nau'ikan abin da muka sani a yau. Mickey Mouse na farko a tarihi, wanda ya yi tauraro a cikin gajeren gajere mai rai wanda ya ba da damar sabon kamfani ya fara tashi. Steamboat Willie yanki ne da zai iya shiga cikin jama'a idan aka cire wannan tsawan shekaru 20, wanda hakan na iya nufin cewa kowane mutum ko kamfani a duniya zai iya yin wannan zane mai ban dariya ba tare da biyan Disney komai ba.
A bayyane yake cewa abubuwa sun canza sosai a cikin ƙarni kuma tabbas dole ne a sabunta dokokin zuwa yanayin da a ciki. ayyukan da ke ƙarƙashin haƙƙin mallaka ba su keɓanta ga mahaliccinsu ba, amma mai kyau na kasuwanci tare da kimar da kamfanoni da kamfanoni ke neman amfani da su. Kamar yadda yake a cikin yanayin George Lucas tare da Star Wars da Stan LEe tare da kyakkyawan sashi na samar da Marvel, ta yaya ake sarrafa duk waɗannan IPs da zarar mahaliccinsu ya mutu? Shin kamfanoni suna da hakkin yin amfani da su kawai ba tare da iyakancewar lokaci ba? Duk wannan shine abin da ake bayyanawa yanzu tare da Mickey Mouse na farko a tarihi.