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Disney seems like a great place for a young copyright lawyer to learn how to sue creative people, eventually to graduate to Monsanto and the like. Or to become

by spodek 13y ago

Disney seems like a great place for a young copyright lawyer to learn how to sue creative people, eventually to graduate to Monsanto and the like. Or to become a lobbyist to extend copyrights ad infinitum. I'm sure this program connects with other parts of the organization, but that's the impression I have of the company. I feel like this post might lead one of them to think of suing me.

callmeed 13y ago
You should apply to this program with a "Free 3D printing of Disney toys" service :)
- hayksaakian 13y ago
  from a less cynical POV: this might just be the ONLY way to do your hypothetical idea. if you're in Disney's accelerator, I'm sure that comes with better access to their copyrights.
  - Stratoscope 13y ago
    Indeed it does. > Each participating team will receive: > $120,000 in investment capital > Access to stories, characters, resources and relationships from across The Walt Disney Company, such as The Walt Disney Studios, Disney Animation, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, ESPN, ABC, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Disney Consumer Products, and Disney Interactive
    - sitkack 13y ago
      I didn't have the finger energy to type it, but this call to action struct me as an organization that is sitting on golden franchises with a vacuum of ideas.
interzone 13y ago
Get over yourself.
ivanca 13y ago
You have it all wrong, the graduation is when the lawyer becomes a USA senator or congressman on their behalf. The accelerator is mostly on the technical side of Disney, such as apps for automatizing the detection of copyright violations.
- jordanb 13y ago
  I'd like to propose a project that automatically turns old fairy tales into modern animated movies without the slow, wasteful process of farming it out to North Korean slave labor.
pdeuchler 13y ago
I was going to rebut this with an optimistic outlook but then I went to apply and... well, let's just call the application "tone deaf" and leave it at that sigh
skywhopper 13y ago
I think that's about right. Disney is a copyright farm at this point. They buy up content they're unable to create themselves, and package it in formats pioneered by other companies, and milk the copyright system to avoid ever really needing to come up with anything new.

by spodek 13y ago

callmeed 13y ago

You should apply to this program with a "Free 3D printing of Disney toys" service :)

hayksaakian 13y ago
from a less cynical POV: this might just be the ONLY way to do your hypothetical idea. if you're in Disney's accelerator, I'm sure that comes with better access to their copyrights.
- Stratoscope 13y ago
  Indeed it does. > Each participating team will receive: > $120,000 in investment capital > Access to stories, characters, resources and relationships from across The Walt Disney Company, such as The Walt Disney Studios, Disney Animation, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, ESPN, ABC, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Disney Consumer Products, and Disney Interactive
  - sitkack 13y ago
    I didn't have the finger energy to type it, but this call to action struct me as an organization that is sitting on golden franchises with a vacuum of ideas.

interzone 13y ago

Get over yourself.

ivanca 13y ago

You have it all wrong, the graduation is when the lawyer becomes a USA senator or congressman on their behalf. The accelerator is mostly on the technical side of Disney, such as apps for automatizing the detection of copyright violations.

jordanb 13y ago
I'd like to propose a project that automatically turns old fairy tales into modern animated movies without the slow, wasteful process of farming it out to North Korean slave labor.

pdeuchler 13y ago

I was going to rebut this with an optimistic outlook but then I went to apply and... well, let's just call the application "tone deaf" and leave it at that sigh

skywhopper 13y ago

I think that's about right. Disney is a copyright farm at this point. They buy up content they're unable to create themselves, and package it in formats pioneered by other companies, and milk the copyright system to avoid ever really needing to come up with anything new.