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Is The Disney Company a hoarder that destroys our favorite franchises?

So, assuming the mural was benign, if Disney brass were so paranoid about their property being infringed upon, they could take about five minutes and draw up a contract in which the school would pay $1 for a 99-year lease on Mickey's image for the mural.

Or, they could be predatory jerks and sue. Six of one, half dozen of another... :p
One sets a bad precedent and involves lawyers.

Sending a C/D is five minutes and protects their property and doesn't invite more infringement.
 
I think you misspelled awesome there.
Nope. It started off trying to get me to like an unrepentant former Confederate officer (i.e., almost certain genocidal racist), and never improved - indeed, it had the gall to intercut a scene of him slaughtering scores of aliens with him burying his own oh-so-cruelly killed family, so we could solemnly mourn the pain only he can ever know or feel. You know, the guy that fought for permanent slavery in the South.

Hint: change "Confederate" to "Nazi" in the above paragraph, and see how it reads. ;)
 
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Luke was a massively better and more interesting character in TLJ than he ever had been before.

Oh, come on. The OT Luke is one of the most loved characters in film history to the millions across serval generations who watched the OT in theatres, as he and his journey were compelling. Audiences easily felt his successes, failures and threats to his life/soul along with the character. I'm not seeing some mass numbers of generations saying that about TLJ-Luke at all.
 
Oh, come on. The OT Luke is one of the most loved characters in film history to the millions across serval generations who watched the OT in theatres, as he and his journey were compelling. Audiences easily felt his successes, failures and threats to his life/soul along with the character. I'm not seeing some mass numbers of generations saying that about TLJ-Luke at all.
Luke is the most interesting character for me in film, from ANH all the way to TLJ.

And we're not talking audiences here. We are talking personal opinion. So, there is nothing wrong with @grendelsbayne opinion, since he is not speaking for all audience members.
 
How much do you get paid to write this pro corporate drivel?
Ah, I see. If I want to protect my property rights its fine, but standing up for other's property rights its "drivel."

Personal property is personal property. It's that simple.
 
Ah, I see. If I want to protect my property rights its fine, but standing up for other's property rights its "drivel."

Personal property is personal property. It's that simple.
There are lots of suspected Disney shills on this board. Welcome to the list.
 
Of course I wouldn't tell a school to remove a character I drew. It would be a huge honor, and great advertising for my character.

What an awful example, lol
When would you defend it? When the 100th school did it? When they were selling it without your permission? Perhaps when it gets featured in a picture regarding politics you don't agree with? What's the line for defending personal property?

Each step invites more infringement upon personal property rights. But, by all means, please pitch your idea to the school. Perhaps they will replace it with yours :beer:
 
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Nope. It started off trying to get me to like an unrepentant former Confederate officer (i.e., almost certain genocidal racist), and never improved - indeed, it had the gall to intercut a scene of him slaughtering scores of aliens with him burying his own oh-so-cruelly killed family, so we could solemnly mourn the pain only he can ever know or feel. You know, the guy that fought for permanent slavery in the South.

Hint: change "Confederate" to "Nazi" in the above paragraph, and see how it reads. ;)
As always, wrong.

Agreed. I enjoyed John Carter, even if I will agree that the budget was just ridiculous.
Fun movie.
 
Are you seriously implying that any of us are actually getting paid by Disney to play around on a Trekkie message board?

Nah, not really. That would be a more reasonable explanation than anything else for the behavior of some posters on here though :)
 
When would you defend it? When the 100th school did it? When they were selling it without your permission? Perhaps when it gets featured in a picture regarding politics you don't agree with? What's the line for defending personal property?

Each step invites more infringement upon personal property rights. But, by all means, please pitch your idea to the school. Perhaps they will replace it with yours :beer:

My original point before I got distracted by this school thing, was that Disney is very likely to lobby for the extension of time a copyright owner can maintain said trademark since their right to Mickey will soon expire. This will have a profound effect on all art.
 
My original point before I got distracted by this school thing, was that Disney is very likely to lobby for the extension of time a copyright owner can maintain said trademark since their right to Mickey will soon expire. This will have a profound effect on all art.
Doesn't change the simple fact that people have the right to defend their property.

If copyright laws are the issue please feel free to lobby to change those.
 
Funny you should mention that. It's actually starring The Rock, I believe.

Meanwhile, I wouldn't be surprised if Disney takes another stab at a "Haunted Mansion" movie soon.
I'm not positive, but I think I did see talk of one not that long.
Nope. It started off trying to get me to like an unrepentant former Confederate officer (i.e., almost certain genocidal racist), and never improved - indeed, it had the gall to intercut a scene of him slaughtering scores of aliens with him burying his own oh-so-cruelly killed family, so we could solemnly mourn the pain only he can ever know or feel. You know, the guy that fought for permanent slavery in the South.

Hint: change "Confederate" to "Nazi" in the above paragraph, and see how it reads. ;)
All of which has absolutely nothing to do with the story being told.
Him being a Confederate soldier had nothing to do with being pro-Slavery, it was about him being on the losing side of a way and having nothing left for him on Earth. Sure they could have changed it to a different war, but for once the people behind the movie actually decided to stick to the source material, and set it in the same era as the book.
 
Doesn't change the simple fact that people have the right to defend their property.

If copyright laws are the issue please feel free to lobby to change those.
Yeah, that's what Disney is doing. Lobbying to change copyright laws to suit their own needs. And the reason they can do that is that they are a multi billion dollar corporation that has influence in government. If that's perfectly normal to you, then ok. This conversation is over.
 
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