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I think the copyright is slowly becoming irrelevant, I have a feeling that the real push is to treat copyrights the same way as patents (intelectual property),
by js8 9y ago
I think the copyright is slowly becoming irrelevant, I have a feeling that the real push is to treat copyrights the same way as patents (intelectual property), so for instance, you cannot make a cartoon with Mickey Mouse even if you make character a bit different or call it differently, or you cannot take a Disney story with slightly different characters. Basically, it won't be any more about protecting own creative work but about creating an artificial scarcity.
- dotancohen 9y agoI don't know what you think a Disney story is, but all of Disney's major works are based on existing folk stories and other works already in the public domain.
- scaryclam 9y agoWhat about Pixar?
- martin-adams 9y agoand Star Wars
- dx034 9y agoWhat folk story was Star Wars based on?
- pvg 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campbell#Film_and_television https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campbell#Film_and_telev...
- dx034 9y agoI wouldn't call a 1949 book a folk story, though.
- pvg 9y agoYou should probably the entire linked section, Lucas's own quote included. "it came to me that there really was no modern use of mythology...The Western was possibly the last generically American fairy tale, telling us about our values. And once the Western disappeared, nothing has ever taken its place. In literature we were going off into science fiction...so that's when I started doing more strenuous research on fairy tales, folklore, and mythology, and I started reading Joe's books. Before that I hadn't read any of Joe's books...It was very eerie because in reading The Hero with a Thousand Faces I began to realize that my first draft of Star Wars was following classic motifs...so I modified my next draft [of Star Wars] according to what I'd been learning about classical motifs and made it a little bit more consistent...I went on to read 'The Masks of God' and many other books"
- Joeboy 9y agoAside from the monomyth, Star Wars was actually the fruit of George Lucas attempting to do a Flash Gordon film but failing to secure the rights. Edit: This talks about Star Wars's influences, and is also great and everybody should watch it: http://www.everythingisaremix.info/watch-the-series/ http://www.everythingisaremix.info/watch-the-series/
- xorcist 9y agoI don't think even Kurosawa knows that.
- throwaway7645 9y agoYea, but make another Snow White and if she LOOKS like the Disney version, you're going to have a bad time.
- DerekL 9y ago> I don't know what you think a Disney story is, but all of Disney's major works are based on existing folk stories and other works already in the public domain. False. Here's some of their animated features based on copyrighted works (as best as I can tell): Dumbo Bambi Peter Pan Lady and the Tramp One Hundred and One Dalmatians The Sword in the Stone The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh The Rescuers The Fox and the Hound The Black Cauldron The Great Mouse Detective Treasure Planet (partially based on the 1987 TV miniseries Treasure Island in Outer Space) Meet the Robinsons The Princess and the Frog Big Hero 6 (I'm using the list in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Walt_Disney_Animation_Studios_films https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Walt_Disney_Animation_..., and picking out the “based on” or ”inspired by” credits that look recent enough.)
- DerekL 9y agoAlso, some of their animated movies are original, including “Lilo & Stitch” and “Zootopia”.