One important note about the mouse shitting out live action remakes, they want to hold the copyright for as long as possible.
They don’t care if Aladdin with Will Smith only makes a 10% return (Hollywood accounting), because they’ve renewed their claim on the IP and merchandising the blue corpse of Robin Williams Genie far exceeds any film profits. They make more than $5 billion per year just on licensing fees.
Winnie the Pooh isn’t an original Disney IP either. Yet if you put Pooh in a recognizably Disney style Pooh costume they’ll sue you. You can sell merch of shirtless Pooh all you like.
It’s still protecting the Disney version of the IP. It’s why the live action remakes still share a visual language with the animated originals.
You can make an Aladdin movie if you like. But god help you if there is a Blue Genie with characteristics recognizable to an objective observer as being similar to Genie®.
Steamboat Willie is public domain, but Mickey Mouse® is not.
That doesn’t mean Steamboat Willie is fair game either, Disney can still argue it’s a trademark, and likely will, since they’ve made it the new intro clip to every Disney IP.
Here’s an writeup covering it in more depth, from The Carey School of Business at Johns Hopkins:
But in recent weeks the sprawling Warhammer fandom has been enveloped in a dramatic controversy – or at least you would think so, from some news headlines....
It seems like you and the downvoters completely missed the point of the article.
It’s saying that most fans don’t care and it’s just a vocal minority speaking out? It’s not supporting the culture wars, it’s saying they’re overblown.
I’m not a Daily Mail apologist, but your comment is completely at odds with the article.
Two Chinese nationals have been charged for an alleged scheme to illegally export a semiconductor dicing machine to a Chinese tech company. One of the two, Han Li, 44, was arrested in Chicago on Wednesday, while Lin Chen, 64, is believed to be in China. The charges and arrest are the latest developments in a protracted trade war...
I work in manufacturing and these US companies are all registered with multiple US agencies. There are tons of regulations controlling what you sell to whom if you’re working in an area that is considered a national security priority.
For a big precision machine like this one they probably file a report for each one they sell, and include to whom they are selling. If these buyers proferred false docs they would be immediately flagged for a three letter agency to review when the seller’s docs hit the system.
You know you can just take the diploma and not show up? My college wanted like $200 for the official cap and gown. I said fuck that and moved out graduation weekend.
They mail out the real diploma anyway.
“Oh well you didn’t get that memory!” Of what? Being fleeced by the corporation that just fleeced me for four years, so I can be hot for 3 hours sitting nowhere near anyone I’ve met before? No thanks, I went to dinner with my GF (now wife) and had more fun than anyone who went.
Glorious American Capitalism. Enshittification is just a word for the financialization of everything. Finance Bros run the world, and they know you have another .0265٪ disposable income they can get to make their line go up another quarter.
This is actually a sign of rampant corruption. Bribery is a tight market, and with a lot of politicians willing to accept bribes the cost drops significantly. It’s one of the few areas where capitalism behaves as believed.
The role of major technology companies and international social media platforms in the killing of Palestinian civilians during Israel’s genocidal war against the Gaza Strip, ongoing since 7 October 2023, must be investigated. These companies need to be held accountable if found to be complicit or not to have taken adequate...
I’m muted on threads and insta since I commented on Sentaor John Fettermans account with an image of a Guardian report about Netanyahu rejecting a ceasefire including returning the hostages.
Fetterman was posting about how they need to return the hostages, and I said they tried, but Bibi doesn’t want the hostages back. He wants war.
Anyway I’ve got a mystery time out now, so anything I try to comment tells me I’m not allowed for 2 weeks.
You have completely flipped the context of the quote. It’s not just comfort for comforts sake, it’s also a way of protesting the 996 work culture of China.
The article is definitely stating that this is a protest, your quote is about a fringe benefit.
Social media users have joked that if you wear your favorite outfit to work, it’ll be contaminated by the “Ban Wei” as the office vibe creeps into your personal life.
The remaining option: wear your gross clothes to the office.
Candise Lin who creates content on TikTok exploring cultural trends in China, broke down this viral trend in a recent video.
She used an example of one blogger who said that they only wears clothes with holes in them to work to reflect their “crappy job and shabby pay.”
Clearly stated like 2 paragraphs after your quote.
Pick a position and stick with it for more than a single comment:
It is not protest for the sake of protest, but mostly “convenience”.
It is a protest using existing social expectations of dress code, it’s not just about comfort.
“Protest for the sake of protest” is nonsense. By definition they’re doing it for the sake of something. That something is not convenience, it’s the 996 work culture like the subject of the article.
You’re not making any sort of factual statement, you’re making a series of suppositions about people you’ve not met without any underlying evidence or even a firm idea on what problem you say you’re identifying.
You’re sharing your (uninformed) opinion and expecting others to give it weight.
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When even Warhammer nerds leave the battlefield, isn’t it time the anti-woke mob laid down their arms? (www.theguardian.com)
But in recent weeks the sprawling Warhammer fandom has been enveloped in a dramatic controversy – or at least you would think so, from some news headlines....
Two Chinese nationals charged in US with trying to export banned semiconductor machinery to China — one arrested in Chicago (www.tomshardware.com)
Two Chinese nationals have been charged for an alleged scheme to illegally export a semiconductor dicing machine to a Chinese tech company. One of the two, Han Li, 44, was arrested in Chicago on Wednesday, while Lin Chen, 64, is believed to be in China. The charges and arrest are the latest developments in a protracted trade war...
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A German politician has been filmed taking large sums of cash from a Kremlin-supporting broadcaster, Czech intelligence has claimed....
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Urgent need to investigate role of technology, social media companies in killing Gazan civilians (euromedmonitor.org)
The role of major technology companies and international social media platforms in the killing of Palestinian civilians during Israel’s genocidal war against the Gaza Strip, ongoing since 7 October 2023, must be investigated. These companies need to be held accountable if found to be complicit or not to have taken adequate...
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RIP. I hope the levels were backed up.
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Gen Z workers in China are picking 'gross outfits' over corporate glam because they don't get paid enough to look fly (www.businessinsider.com)
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