{"id":42270,"date":"2014-05-29T09:54:47","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T15:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/05\/29\/disney-gets-a-bit-un-frozen-on-intellectual-property.html"},"modified":"2014-11-07T10:16:42","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T17:16:42","slug":"disney-gets-a-bit-un-frozen-on-intellectual-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/05\/29\/disney-gets-a-bit-un-frozen-on-intellectual-property.html","title":{"rendered":"Disney gets a bit un-Frozen on intellectual property"},"content":{"rendered":"
Disney has traditionally been the 800-pound mouse when it came to enforcing its IP copyrights, notoriously doing things like sending cease-and-desist notices to a nursery school that had Disney characters painted on a playground-facing wall.<\/p>\n

It's acceptance of Frozen<\/i> fan-generated content, though, indicates that they might be finally seeing how community use can actually build<\/i> a brand, and sales with it.<\/p>\n

I'm sure the lawyers are still watching carefully, and how far this can be pushed remains to be seen (or litigated). But it's a long-term good change for Disney.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Les Jenkins<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

It does seem that letting fans express themselves creatively with your IP is a good strategy. The people making those videos are the same people who are buying your product in mass quantities and they only add to the exposure of your IP. Also the good PR from being tolerant of this sort of thing can only help your image in the long run. Disney seems to have figured this out.\u00a0\ufeff<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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How Disney learned to stop worrying and love copyright infringement<\/a>
\n For years, Disney was notoriously heavy-handed in defense of its intellectual property. Then along came “Frozen”\n <\/p>\n

View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Disney has traditionally been the 800-pound mouse when it came to enforcing its IP copyrights, notoriously doing things like sending cease-and-desist notices to a nursery school that had Disney characters painted on a playground-facing wall. 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