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Disney is mostly responsible for copyright in the US being extended to ludicrous lengths. They changed the law so they could keep making money. Also these copy
by black-tea 8y ago
Disney is mostly responsible for copyright in the US being extended to ludicrous lengths. They changed the law so they could keep making money.
Also these copyright companies seem to get special treatment by the government. Notice how they are able to use police to "raid" data centres etc.? In the UK a young guy who ran a torrent site was raided by police in the early hours only to be released without charge months later. These companies have special powers in government, hence practically they are a part of the government.
- kmlx 8y agodisney is a publicly traded company. i own stock in disney :)
- ummonk 8y agoThe Dutch East India Company was publicly traded too.
- mcv 8y agoIt was in fact the first company in the world that was publicly traded at the world's first stock exchange.
- jeffwass 8y agoThere were bonds issued by Dutch East India Company https://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3433724 https://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3433724
- wcoenen 8y agoBonds are just a debt instrument, they don't give control over companies like stocks. The VOC also had publicly tradable stocks though.
- arcticbull 8y agoThe Dutch East India Company was the first company in the history of the world to issue shares to the public. They paid an 18% dividend for over 200 years.