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Originally Posted by leebase
The cash in you bank account is property but not property tax.
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This is a reasonable point. Taxes on intangible personal property have gone out of style in the U.S., partly because they were hard to enforce.
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Originally Posted by leebase
Disney and the folks behind the Holmes shows and movies were willing to invest in pre-existing stories.
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Disneyland was opened in 1955, when U.S. copyright length was a maximum of 56 years. That was still true in 1971 when the much larger Walt Disney World opened in Florida.
Wasn't each a bigger investments than any contemporary motion picture, and meant to generate substantial revenue over a longer time period?