> This is consistent with filmmaking tradition and the nature of humanities efforts in general. It was consistent with filmmaking tradition when Snow White was

> This is consistent with filmmaking tradition and the nature of humanities efforts in general. It was consistent with filmmaking tradition when Snow White was made. It's not anymore because the previous century's worth of work is locked up behind essentially perpetual copyright. Disney used public domain works as inspiration but then pulled up the ladder behind them so that future artists can't do the same.