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Exactly. We arent talking telecom spectrum, oil supply, rail road track. We are talking owning the IP to too many movies? Theres a cap on how much art you ca
by basch 7y ago
Exactly. We arent talking telecom spectrum, oil supply, rail road track. We are talking owning the IP to too many movies? Theres a cap on how much art you can own?
What if Disney was a private collector and bought up all the words art, and sealed it away, or charged admission at a single museum.
- ultrarunner 7y agoI feel like that would work out poorly for Disney. I also think that, despite the importance of art, life would go on much the same. This isn't exactly a hill I want to die on, but I'm not terribly worried about any one entity buying up the worlds' movies (or other artwork) and restricting it from people any more than it's already restricted. People would (and will) make new movies, new art. I have a hard time seeing the justification for an overarching central control (if there even is one) policing who can own what and how much.
- VikingCoder 7y agoCompetition is good. When laws (eg, Copyright) allow consolidation like this, the laws are probably going to hurt consumers. We should seriously consider changing Copyright.
- rhizome 7y agoDo you know about the demise of the studio system in Hollywood? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_system
- dls2016 7y ago> What if Disney was a private collector and bought up all the words art, and sealed it away, or charged admission at a single museum. If they provide all the museum security, fine. But in the real world Disney relies on the US legal system to protect their collection.