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<< The same legal issues will arise when other iconic characters... Winnie the Pooh, and so forth—fall into the public domain >> Psst! Winnie the Pooh is alre

<< The same legal issues will arise when other iconic characters... Winnie the Pooh, and so forth—fall into the public domain >> Psst! Winnie the Pooh is already in the public domain! q.v. A.A. Milne. It's the cultural gravity-well of disnified Pooh Bear that triggers my teeth-gnashing irrational hatred of Disney, more even than the unconscionable copyright shenanigans or treacle blanching of global culture or 'get-em while their young' marketing tactics. I quietly toss any Disney materiel that manages to appear in my 3 y.o.'s life, and replace it with original sources.

giancarlostoro 8y ago
Having had worked for Disney in Orlando I sometimes feel the same. I just don't get it, they're not bad movies, but it scares me to see just how attached people get to Disney. Now that they own Star Wars and Marvel I've lost interest in both just because I knew once they took Star Wars they would milk that cow as much as possible. I am still kinda mad they took away the awesome game studio. They really could of made amazing games, instead we've got EA making Star Wars games.
- eddieroger 8y ago
  I agree that people can get pretty tied to Disney and have seen it, but why does that impact your love for the things they own at all? People were fanatic about Star Wars before, but if Fox had put the same marketing power behind it as Disney does, would you felt the same? Or Marvel - had the parts of the MCU that Sony owns been bigger, would you like Spider-Man any less?
  - giancarlostoro 8y ago
    I wasn't as big into Star Wars or Marvel before the buy out, so now I'm less likely to be, except Deadpool, now I feel like it's going to be beaten to death by Disney.
afandian 8y ago
You have found a kindred spirit here on HN. In my family A. A. Milne is promoted to a status tantamount to religious text. Disney's treatment is sacriligous and feeds a very similar hatred. I think it's the juxtaposition of the epitome of innocence (albeit heavily rose-tinted) with such a cynical, nasty organisation. And all the more upsetting that the Disney version is probably all anyone ever knows. Hands off.
clarkmoody 8y ago
We recently listed to the dramatized audio book[1] with the family. It was worlds better than any Disney movie version of the story. The original Milne text plus the all-star British voice actors made it truly enjoyable. Hallo, Eeyore. Same to you, Pooh Bear, and twice on Thursdays. [1] https://www.audible.com/pd/Winnie-the-Pooh-Dramatised-Audiobook/B003IK2NKY https://www.audible.com/pd/Winnie-the-Pooh-Dramatised-Audiob...

giancarlostoro 8y ago

Having had worked for Disney in Orlando I sometimes feel the same. I just don't get it, they're not bad movies, but it scares me to see just how attached people get to Disney. Now that they own Star Wars and Marvel I've lost interest in both just because I knew once they took Star Wars they would milk that cow as much as possible. I am still kinda mad they took away the awesome game studio. They really could of made amazing games, instead we've got EA making Star Wars games.

eddieroger 8y ago
I agree that people can get pretty tied to Disney and have seen it, but why does that impact your love for the things they own at all? People were fanatic about Star Wars before, but if Fox had put the same marketing power behind it as Disney does, would you felt the same? Or Marvel - had the parts of the MCU that Sony owns been bigger, would you like Spider-Man any less?
- giancarlostoro 8y ago
  I wasn't as big into Star Wars or Marvel before the buy out, so now I'm less likely to be, except Deadpool, now I feel like it's going to be beaten to death by Disney.

afandian 8y ago

You have found a kindred spirit here on HN. In my family A. A. Milne is promoted to a status tantamount to religious text. Disney's treatment is sacriligous and feeds a very similar hatred. I think it's the juxtaposition of the epitome of innocence (albeit heavily rose-tinted) with such a cynical, nasty organisation. And all the more upsetting that the Disney version is probably all anyone ever knows. Hands off.

clarkmoody 8y ago

We recently listed to the dramatized audio book[1] with the family. It was worlds better than any Disney movie version of the story. The original Milne text plus the all-star British voice actors made it truly enjoyable. Hallo, Eeyore. Same to you, Pooh Bear, and twice on Thursdays. [1] https://www.audible.com/pd/Winnie-the-Pooh-Dramatised-Audiobook/B003IK2NKY https://www.audible.com/pd/Winnie-the-Pooh-Dramatised-Audiob...