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NineMileTower@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I want to see his trailer and screenplay from 2003.

From another article:

This is not the first time Woodall has taken legal action against Disney. A previous lawsuit regarding the first Moana film was dismissed in November last year due to the statute of limitations. However, the release of the sequel has allowed Woodall to file a new complaint.

If he had evidence of his creation being stolen, why did he wait so long? This all just seems like a cash grab or something to me. Also, $10 billion? That’s a good way to be dismissed as a fraudster.

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Aphelion@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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- SARGE@startrek.website ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  Attorneys don’t just file a suit because their client said so: they generally need to be shown there’s an actionable case with a chance if winning
  
  Man, I used to believe that.
  
  The last 8 years have shown me otherwise.
  
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- ech@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Is 8 years a reasonable time for that? I’m genuinely asking. Assuming he had no reason to act before the first movie, as a layman, that seems like a long time to prepare for.
  
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- NineMileTower@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That’s a good point too.
  
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skribe@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Maybe he didn’t have the money to launch a suit.

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- NineMileTower@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That could be the case.
  
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  - panchobarnes@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Nice…
    
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Feathercrown@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

stealing from the public domain

There is no such thing

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- NineMileTower@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Ok, sorry. They didn’t steal. They used public domain stories to make billions of dollars and used it to fight tooth and nail for their characters to not enter public domain and lengthen copyright laws for years and years.
  
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  - Feathercrown@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yes! :(
    
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thepreciousboar@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

why did he wait so long?

Copyright laws protect 70 years after the death of the author. If Disney infringed his intellectual property, why should a couple of years matter and his case be dismissed?

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