Elon Musk appeared to voice his support for a Republican senator’s efforts to strip Walt Disney of its copyright to its iconic Mickey Mouse mascot.
Musk took to Twitter on Thursday and tweeted in response to a news story about legislation proposed by US Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) that would limit Disney’s copyright protection over Mickey Mouse to 56 years.
“Current copyright law in general goes absurdly far beyond protecting the original creator,” Musk tweeted on Thursday.
Musk then commented that an “overzealous” DMCA — the Digital Millennium Copyright Act — “is a plague on humanity.”