Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by jacquesm 5200 days ago
> How is it a problem that Disney has a monopoly on Pocahontas or Aladdin?

Because both of those already existed long before Disney 'reinvented' them:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin

1 comments

You can still tell and sell stories about them. It's done all the time. Nothing is stopping anyone from doing so.

You can't tell a story about Disney's Pocahontas or Aladdin, true. But you can about your own version of those characters.