Seize the means of poohduction

Posted on January 3, 2022 by David M Willis

Did you know A.A. Milne’s first Winnie-The-Pooh book was published in 1926, and so is now public domain in the United States?  Did you know that means that, legally, you can make any Winnie-The-Pooh merchandise based on that original version, so long as you steer clear of any later, red-shirted derivatives?  Huh!  Weird!  Great info!

and did you also know that teepublic will just take down shirts automatically following ownership claims even if the item description is literally about how it’s now public domain because of how it’s public domain now, and so maybe hiveworks just might have to sell the shirt themselves, also weird

lots of weird stuff going on

8 thoughts on “Seize the means of poohduction”

  1. The Wellerman

    FUCK YEAH!!!!

    Seize the means of poohduction from these bourgeois pricks!!!

    *hacks into Muzak and plays “Propoganda” by
    Taku Iwasaki    *

  2. Ray

    They copyright laws keep changing due to Disney lawyers… every time Disney characters approach public domain, their lawyers lobby to extend the copyright window. For example, “Steamboat Willie” goes PD in two years… watch them scramble very soon…..

  3. Opus the Poet

    I like that you used the pineapple slut shirt from Brooklyn 99.

  4. Delicious Taffy

    I’m honestly surprised you didn’t make the default color of the shirt red, just for the added sass.

  5. nobilis

    If these webshops sell internationally, I guess they can’t ignore that Milne’s work is copyrighted till 70 years after his death in 1956. Like, according to British copyright law (and European, by the way).

  6. Shen Hibiki

    “I COULD’VE TAKEN THOSE MYSELF!”

    1. Shen Hibiki

      … the heck, this posted here and not on the comic ._.

  7. toadby

    I have no idea where else to throw this comment so its gonna live here. If you ever bring back the indomitable sex monster design from last year I swear on my life I will buy the crap out of it!!

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