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Originally Posted by Moejoe
I would raise Disneyland to the ground if I heard they'd used one of my stories as a springboard for their terrible, ever more dull, mulch. And failing that I'd go round and personally punch every single one of the corporate board.  |
But you're advocating for Disney to have the right to use your stories however they like, without contacting you at all about it. Copyright is what keeps them from scouring the web for good stories & scripts, and using them with impunity.
What makes you think that if copyright went away, Disney would be
less powerful? Oh, they'd lose control of their works--but that's nothing compared to the amount of money they could make if they didn't have to pay
anyone for use of their art.
And there'd still be plenty of artists willing to work for Disney, with work-for-hire contracts that forbid them from using their own materials for profit. There are plenty of people who do this now; there aren't going to be less of them if copyright law goes away.