That's not ironic that's standard procedure. If you take a hard look at almost every regulatory lawmaking, you'll see that almost all of it stiffles upstarting competition, because while it may be annoying for the bigboys it's almost always a hurdle to high for small startups with ideas that could disrupt the status quo.
It's particularly ironic because much of Disney's success came from adapting works in the public domain, like fairy tales.
Wow, that's not just ironic. That's evil. They're like a reverse Ben Franklin, who didn't believe in patenting his inventions.
That's not ironic that's standard procedure. If you take a hard look at almost every regulatory lawmaking, you'll see that almost all of it stiffles upstarting competition, because while it may be annoying for the bigboys it's almost always a hurdle to high for small startups with ideas that could disrupt the status quo.