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kane · 12-10-2009, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by gideongallery

without the public domain as defined by the founding fathers
disney would never have been able to make 5 of their 10 grossing movies of all time

http://www.disneymovieslist.com/movies/beauty-beast.asp

http://www.disneymovieslist.com/movies/aladdin.asp

http://www.disneymovieslist.com/movi...le-mermaid.asp

http://www.disneymovieslist.com/movies/snow-white.asp

http://www.disneymovieslist.com/movies/mary-poppins.asp

and billions more if you include the merchandising, and spin offs (tv show, secondary movies theme parks etc)

hell yeah, disney proved it when they took public domain works (see above) and spun them into multi-billion dollar empire

Disney is preventing anyone from doing the same thing with their creations.

which of course would have stopped disney from building their empire, creating their new versions of classic children stories, and employing millions of people.

the way it was originally designed to be is the way it should be. a set limited time where you control everything commercial and then a free market so that new variations can be expressed for commercial gain.

Fair point.

Could they not have used these ideas and struck a deal with the copyright owners and given them a small commission? Think Lord of the Rings. I know the books are not in the public domain, but they were able to use that idea and created three great movies that made over a billion dollars at the box office. I would guess Disney could get with whoever owned the copyright of Snow White (or whatever story they were going to do) and cut a deal with them that would let them develop the movie and share some of the profits down the road.