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Monday, January 3, 2022

Ryan Reynolds Takes Advantage of Winnie-the-Pooh's Public Domain Status for Mint Mobile Ad; CBR.com, January 3, 2021

Kellie Lacey, CBR.com; Ryan Reynolds Takes Advantage of Winnie-the-Pooh's Public Domain Status for Mint Mobile Ad

With A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh now in the public domain, Deadpool's Ryan Reynolds wastes no time making his own version to promote Mint Mobile.

"In a short video, Reynolds introduces the tale of "Winnie-the-Screwed" and his big wireless bill...

United States copyright laws typically come with a 95-year shelf life on published works, and as of Jan. 1, both Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne and Felix Saten's Bambi, a Life in the Woods became public domain. This is why Reynolds' video can adhere so closely to the original without fear of legal action."