Instead let's support creators directly, boycott publishers, buy and produce physical media, avoid media subscriptions, and shift gaming to open source.
Instead let's support creators directly, boycott publishers, buy and produce physical media, avoid media subscriptions, and shift gaming to open source.
It's bizarre to think that Disney somehow has to fight their employees for Disney IP right. It would be nice if that was the case, but it isn't.
With OG Mickey now lost to the public domain, they're shifting to trademarks [1], merchandise, media access (i.e. hastening the demise of physical media [2] to regain the cinema-style control they always favored until VHS busted open their vault and briefly enabled media ownership/collectibility/free repeat viewing), sports, and theme parks. Note that they now bring in more from sports and experiences than entertainment. [3]
They'll look to commoditize copyright, so creators continue working for them for distribution instead of operating independently. If they can't automate the creators.
1. https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-courts-dog-toy-ruli...
2. https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradadgate/2023/08/02/with-sale...
3. https://www.statista.com/statistics/193140/revenue-of-the-wa...