and owns so much cultural IP No. That's not cultural IP, that's Disney IP. Disney made a habit of taking stuff that was in the public domain, changing a few th

and owns so much cultural IP No. That's not cultural IP, that's Disney IP. Disney made a habit of taking stuff that was in the public domain, changing a few things around (even the whole story line) and copyrighted that. Next time you have the inclination, compare a Disney movie/story/comic that purports to be the same as one of the public domain tales with the original tale. You'll find that the "Disney Creation (c)" is nothing at all like the original. As an example, compare the original 'Star Wars' franchise from the 1970s with the later Disney knock-offs and see for yourself. As further examples, compare Disney's 'Cinderella' with the original book version, or maybe Disney's 'Alice in Wonderland' that is a weird hodge-podge of TWO of Lewis Carroll's books, 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Alice Through the Looking-Glass'.