Urix Turing @urixturing@hachyderm.io
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Disney has lost Roger Rabbit
by Cory Doctorow @pluralisticCory Doctorow

«Copyright is a very weak tool for protecting creators’ interests, because copyright only gives us something to bargain *with,* without giving us any bargaining *power,* which means that copyright becomes something we bargain away.

«The middlemen who control access to our audiences have all the power, so when Congress gives creators new copyrights to bargain with, the Big Five (or Four, or Three, or Two, or One) just amend their standard, non-negotiable contract to require creators to sign those new rights over as a condition of doing business.
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The final scene of Disneyland’s ‘Roger Rabbit’s Toontown Spin,’ in which Roger Rabbit is deploying a pair of portable holes; the holes have been replaced with copyright symbols, which are partially cropped. Image: Ken Lund (modified) https://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlund/16775732643/ CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en

Disney has lost Roger Rabbit

Termination of Transfer is the most pro-artist form of copyright.

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