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Hollywood was created by ignoring (Edison) patents, not copyright. On the other hand, Disney's success is largely owed to public domain adaptations, and for a
by ronsor 26d ago
Hollywood was created by ignoring (Edison) patents, not copyright.
On the other hand, Disney's success is largely owed to public domain adaptations, and for a century, it did its best to shrink the public domain and expand copyright.
- happymellon 26d agoHollywood was created by ignoring copyrights. https://penntoday.upenn.edu/2012-05-10/research/bumpy-history-hollywood-and-copyright-law https://penntoday.upenn.edu/2012-05-10/research/bumpy-histor... They may have ignored patents too, but they build their work on copyright infringement.
- ronsor 25d agoI stand corrected. They apparently ignored copyright too (in retrospect, using existing screenplays made sense for the early industry).