Re:What will enter the public domain in 2022
by dahfizz on Saturday December 04, 2021 @12:14AM
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> The “initial duration X free” I mentioned solves all these problems without producing very onerous complications.
I guess that depends on how you define it. All the marvel characters and stories have existed for decades. The only thing new about the movies are the movies themselves
> a small creator could get immediate cash infusions simply by pricing his newly created characters at a large multiple of what he thinks he could make off them—that way, Disney’s buyout is a providential windfall instead of legal thievery.
Yeah, and run the risk of bankrupting themselves from the tax bill in the process.
I guess that depends on how you define it. All the marvel characters and stories have existed for decades. The only thing new about the movies are the movies themselves
> a small creator could get immediate cash infusions simply by pricing his newly created characters at a large multiple of what he thinks he could make off them—that way, Disney’s buyout is a providential windfall instead of legal thievery.
Yeah, and run the risk of bankrupting themselves from the tax bill in the process.