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On Jan. 1, 2022, numerous works entered the public domain, including A.A. Milne’s original Winnie-the Pooh stories. Although Disney’s version of Pooh is protected by copyright, the company no longer exclusively owns the rights to Winnie the Pooh.
Most older works of art get copyright protection for 95 years in this country, and then they're pretty much fair game for the public to freely enjoy and build upon. And tomorrow, that includes...
To give some background, Milne’s 1926 book is in the public domain, but changes to Winnie-the-Pooh, the character, from the original 1926 book are still under copyright protection.
New stories using the original Winnie-the-Pooh character are now permitted, though Disney still holds rights to works that came after 1926.
In particular, the popular images of Winnie-the-Pooh and Bambi have been dominated by one rightsholder’s vision for a long time: Disney. And while Disney’s versions of those stories remain under copyright, their exclusive hold on two cornerstones of childhood has come to an end.
The copyright laws relevant to Winnie-the-Pooh are: (1) the 1909 Copyright Act, (2) the 1976 Copyright Act, and (3) the 1998 Copyright Term Extension Act. Under all three Acts, an original work of authorship gains copyright protection the moment it is published.
Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne. One of the most iconic English-language children’s books of the twentieth century, Winnie-the-Pooh, was published in the United States in 1926. It was written by English author A. A. Milne and illustrated by English illustrator E. H. Shepard.
Winnie the Pooh’s ownership is changing a bit in the new year as the beloved children’s stories enter the public domain along with The Castle by Franz Kafka, and Faust directed by F.W. Murnau.
Will Disney try to extend Winnie-the-Pooh’s copyright? Jenkins is closely watching if the Walt Disney Corporation, which owns the billion-dollar Winnie the Pooh franchise, will attempt to block...
WASHINGTON — “Winnie the Pooh” and “The Sun Also Rises” are going public. A.A. Milne’s beloved children’s book and Ernest Hemingway’s classic novel, along with films starring ...