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What did Disney do to bootstrap themselves?
by rambojazz 9y ago
What did Disney do to bootstrap themselves?
- chii 9y agotake existing cultural icons and stories and create a version for sale.
- ajmurmann 9y agoIt's interesting to think about the term "existing cultural icons". On first glance it seems like the term weekens the issue because it makes it sound like these are folk tale like things that somehow magically manifested. What happened though is that someone actually invented a story, it got retold over and over and evolved into what we have now. This would have been prevented by modern copyright. The original author wouldn't have allowed others to reproduce their work. The work wouldn't have evolved and probably even been forgotten.
- mtgx 9y agoI don't know if this is what he meant, but Hollywood was basically invented by a bunch of pirates/patent infringers. Without that, there might not be a Hollywood industry today. http://mentalfloss.com/article/51722/thomas-edison-drove-film-industry-california http://mentalfloss.com/article/51722/thomas-edison-drove-fil...
- DiThi 9y agohttps://www.forbes.com/sites/derekkhanna/2014/02/03/50-disney-movies-based-on-the-public-domain/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/derekkhanna/2014/02/03/50-disne... Specially interesting those from works made in the 1800s: Most of those would have been copyrighted under the current law if it applied at the time they made the movies!
- toyg 9y agoAnd these are only the direct adaptations. Disney's very first work, "Alice's Wonderland" (not the movie, just a dreamlike short), was a riff on Carroll's work. It was published less than 30 years from Carroll's death and about 50 years from publication.