This was a very interesting documentary and that was added onto when I saw that it was created by a very small group of people. The style of the film was serious and did not take its content very lightly. One of the most interesting parts was how much Disney was used, which is ironic because they're so lawsuit happy any and everywhere. Basically Disney's blatant hypocrisy was pointed out. The fact that a company that has built itself on reusing public domain consistently sues over everything is ridiculous. They even got the laws themselves changed to adhere to Mickey Mouse not going public.
I learned a lot from this video, but especially that we've come a long way and hopefully that we will continue to. For example, you don't have many instances of kids online being sued, rather artists like to file DMCA's to scare them into stopping. That's still not the best but it's a step in a better direction, even if it can lead to a proper lawsuit if it's serious enough to the party involved. I didn't learn this from the film, but it's something I thought about while watching.
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