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So along with Disney pulling all their titles from Netflix for their own streaming service, I guess the FX content will be next to go from Netflix.
Maybe Netflix can survive on its own OC, which is growing each time I load it up.
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I don't think it's bad that Disney protects things like Mickey Mouse and all of their old IPs. It's not just shareholders, there's a lot of people whose jobs depend on Disney being able to make money from these historic IPs. And I think it's fine that they keep it, it doesn't really hurt anyone. The problem is the easiest way to protect this is by having Congress extend the copyright law duration on all copyrighted w…
Copyright is essentially a restriction on speech. You can't represent any figure or image bearing even a slight resemblance to Mickey Mouse unless The Walt Disney Co. approves of said representation. It may not be directly life and death, but the negative ramifications of excessive copyright monopolies run deep, on both the culture and the market. The only people it's good for are the entrenched interests who are try…
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Disney is only interested in the creative/film assets; broadcast distribution and news/sports are being spun off.
broadcast distribution and news/sports are being spun off Is that official? Disney has bet (and lost) a lot of money on sports broadcast over the past few years. I could see them trying to consolidate at least Fox sports into their current bet on sports.
https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/walt-disney-company-acquire...
So along with Disney pulling all their titles from Netflix for their own streaming service, I guess the FX content will be next to go from Netflix.
Seems like a next step would be just buying Netflix with threats of pulling? Maybe Netflix can survive on its own OC, which is growing each time I load it up.
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I don't think it's bad that Disney protects things like Mickey Mouse and all of their old IPs. It's not just shareholders, there's a lot of people whose jobs depend on Disney being able to make money from these historic IPs. And I think it's fine that they keep it, it doesn't really hurt anyone. The problem is the easiest way to protect this is by having Congress extend the copyright law duration on all copyrighted w…
Letting only unused IP go to public domain is completely contrary to the stated goals of the constitution. To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries. Much of our creative works and culture are driven by building on top of what came before. The asinine length of copyright we have today mean…
Copyright terms that allow 5 generations of descendants to live off continuing royalties while the property rots are not beneficial (I am not anti-inheritance, I just don't think it helps anyone for exclusive monopoly rights to last so long). Extensive copyright powers that make _everything_ that gets digitized subject to draconian copyright protection are not beneficial. Arcane legal processes and astronomical legal costs blocking the useful application of the small amount of recourse available in these laws is a travesty.
Should companies whose primary function is pressing "go" on the DVD assembly line be competitive with massive, serious logistical operations that deliver necessities like food and energy? Is it possible we are rewarding companies who invent cute characters a little too much?
Do note that copyright is not a natural thing; it exists only due to governmental fiat, the government's threat to use force to stop someone from drawing Mickey Mouse in an unflattering pose. We are so protective of "free speech", yet are not concerned when we see government goons hauling people off for offending BigCo?
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broadcast distribution and news/sports are being spun off Is that official? Disney has bet (and lost) a lot of money on sports broadcast over the past few years. I could see them trying to consolidate at least Fox sports into their current bet on sports.
In the press release they indicate FS1 / FS2 will stay with the broadcast news and broadcast networks. They will keep the regional sports networks.
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It's entertainment. Why should anything other than being good for shareholders matter? It's not an essential goods company like say food or medicine
Disney having more money and power to lobby against sane copyright laws is a negative for every citizen and really the world
There are others where they might have different interests, but not that.
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broadcast distribution and news/sports are being spun off Is that official? Disney has bet (and lost) a lot of money on sports broadcast over the past few years. I could see them trying to consolidate at least Fox sports into their current bet on sports.
It's in the top line of the press release: https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/walt-disney-company-acquire...
But for instance they will own Sky - the biggest commercial broadcaster in Europe, and the UK's second biggest ISP...