Thereās a third factor as well, and Disney may be the main cause of it. Nothing much has entered the public domain in decades, thanks in no small part to the Disney Corporation. In 1998 Mickey Mouse was about to enter the Public Domain, long after Waltās passing. However, Disney hired Lobbyists to convince Congress to extend copyright laws by DECADES. Most modern works will outlive the people who own them, leaving them to exist in a sort of limbo, Terry Pratchettās works, Isaac Asimov, so many amazing worlds that would have been amazing engines for future works are now locked away in a prison...
Additionally, I have a theory that Disney is kind of aware that they are running out of ideas, hence the whole just remaking what theyāve already made. HOWEVER, it goes a step further than that... Disney has been buying up property rights all over; Marvel, Star Wars, Fox, and Iām sure these arenāt the last of them. This would mean that they are gaining domain over more works. They have the entire Marvel Universe to play with now, and they also are the ones solely responsible for the expansion of the Star Wars universe (which is why they nuked the old canon).
While itās true that creativity is important and responsibility falls to the creator, the building factors of Technology, Capital, and Law have truly crippled what we are able to make as a society... And whatās worse, there doesnāt seem to be anything going on to try and fight them.
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