> It seems to me there is no way to put this cat back in the bag ever again Patents. Copyrights. Franchising? Artists are now experiencing the joy of getting

> It seems to me there is no way to put this cat back in the bag ever again Patents. Copyrights. Franchising? Artists are now experiencing the joy of getting beaten in the market by someone else selling the product they created. It was not allowed to stand in other industries. Copyright is a necessary evil. Disney may well be the savior of artists in the age of AI. There is no incentive to produce anything original if someone else can just gank it and drown you in volume.