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A business practice of refusing to make key cultural works available to the public-- this is on par with patent trolling. I don't debate their legal right to do it. It's still surprising and another reason to criticize both their business model and the current incarnation of copyright law, which this company had a significant role in creating.

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There's almost nothing we can do about it, though. Nobody cares enough to force congress to reverse direction on copyright laws.

However, individuals and companies can contribute to the public domain. That is something we can do regardless of what the current copyright law is.

Patent trolling, for example, is less profitable due to reforms around the edges. We've seen an almost shocking level of legal innovation in many backwaters, from pot to legal opiod to climate change. The ground is shifting and a company that controls 40% of the nationwide market for anything is (or ought to be) subject to a higher standard.

We can change the laws. We just need enough people to make a fuss about it.

This is a major misstep by Disney, because it the crosses over to the older generation.

Best to spread the word.

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