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Copyright is fucking wierd and an anomaly. It has only existed very recently in all history. Part of the reason we have the works of Shakespeare is due to the fact that there was no copyright then, so taking a part of someone else's work and rehashing into something new was common and innovative. Disney do this with old folk stories, but then they get to "copyright" it? It's abhorrent. It stifles further creativity. Take that horrible weirdo TERF who wrote some wizarding shit. She would have done very nicely without copyright protection. It's not needed. So-called "piracy" is just normal behaviour. Nothing wrong with it.
They can only copyright their version of it. The original folk tale is still in the public domain.
What's galling is that Disney has profited so much from public domain, not when it's their turn to give back, they fight it tooth and nail.
I agree
back in the 90s people would tape songs off the radio, and it was a common and cherished figment of culture -- but if you told someone today you were recording off spotify, it's perfectly likely they could think it was some sort of copyright fraud. [hell, it might be!]
what exactly is the fucking danger of not having copyright? would anyone willing to spend $20 on the official copy suddenly just buy a random bootleg for $15? you'd probably trust the proper company, and if anything build a better reputation having better quality than random fly-by-night shops
Disney's copyright is on their version of the story not the story in general. You can make a Snow White movie using the names for the dwarves that Disney did not originate but you couldn't use their character designs for example.
I know. Fuck Disney and Warner and Sony.