Disney Used the Public Domain to Become Huge but . . .

I've written about this before. Disney used works in the public domain to become a huge corporation. Here's just a few of their stories which were based on books from the public domain:

Peter Pan - 1904
Snow White - 1857
Sleeping Beauty - 1697
Frozen - 1845 (Ice Queen)

The list goes on and on.

So what? The public also benefited from this.

The problem is in 1998 Disney was one of the main factors behind the copyright laws being extended so their own works would not enter the public domain? Who knows how many more terrific stories the public has missed out on due to this corporate greed?

Read this article about Disney movies based on works from the public domain.

Disney took and reused content from the public domain and then set about making sure others couldn't do the same. Disney is not the family oriented company they have led you to believe.