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Originally Posted by pwalker8
You are way, way over stating the ongoing investment for most properties. While you keep pointing to Disney (which might be the only company that you could make that claim for), for the most part, they don't advertise and invest in the old titles, such as Snow White. As I pointed out earlier, LOTR was mostly fan supported from the initial publishing up through the initial Peter Jackson LOTR movie. The Tolkien estate does pretty much zero advertisement or ongoing investment into the property.
Frankly, if we had a two tier copyright system, one for Disney and one for everyone else, the eternal copyright chant would mostly disappear.
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Have you been to Disneyworld? Snow White is still a huge part.
Of course LOTR got a huge uplift with the movies. As did Harry Potter. Star Wars is still being invested in. Star Trek. James Bond, on and on. All the Marvel and DC super heroes.
But let’s say a book was only ever a book. But it was a great book able to capture interest for generations. Let’s say “To Kill A Mocking Bird”. No one should get to write the sequel except Harper Lee or someone who paid her for the rights....or paid her descendants. If you want to benefit from the love the public has for the original book...vs writing your own story with your own characters and having to earn the public's interest yourself...you pay