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Disney and the marketplace are private companies and they can do what they want Are many of the users in this community still singing that song?
by fareesh 5y ago
Disney and the marketplace are private companies and they can do what they want
Are many of the users in this community still singing that song?
- erikpukinskis 5y agoI think what Disney did here is bad, or maybe Redbubble did the bad thing… What I’m not clear on is whether anyone can do anything about it? Let’s take an even more absurd example, let’s say Disney was worried about Snow White merch, and they put the word “apple” on the list of words they would like Redbubble not to allow. And let’s say they removed all my shirts with original paintings of heirloom apple varietals. What recourse do I have? Disney asked Redbubble to do a thing and they did. But Redbubble has no legal responsibility to allow my shirts on their marketplace. I can contact their support and try to resolve it, but if they won’t then I need to find another partner. Maybe on some grounds there is an anti-trust thing here since Disney controls so much of the merch space? But anti-trust cases are hard to win and even harder to find a DA who will take the case. It’s a shitty situation, but any kind of real solution seems so far outside the realm of possibility it’s hard for me to get too excited about it. I guess if there are enough “Disney is bad” articles floating around that maybe affects them negatively, or at least helps out some of their competitors in terms of hiring and viewership. So, I’m glad this article and this thread appeared for that reason.