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0 pointsEamonnMR4y ago0 comments

If IP expired quickly like patents we wouldn't be subjected to so many franchise films and that would be a huge win.

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omarhaneef4y ago· 2 in thread

Wouldn’t we have more franchise films since anyone could make one?

We might get more cross overs too (x men vs teen titans)

Without the "only we can make it" factor, studios with the budget to market them would be less compelled to make and market them. Sure, anyone could make another Spiderman movie, but at least I wouldn't have to hear about it.

PaulHoule4y ago

I think of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as the oldest set of franchise characters and I'm amazed at how many movies have been made from Les Liases Dangereuses.

PaulHoule4y ago

The current regime has the most pernicious impact on books as opposed to movies.

For the most part Disney has done a good job with Marvel films, and one can easily find many "arthouse" films which are just awful.

Yet, for an author, the real money is in the film rights. If they are commercially motivated, the books themselves are an afterthought.

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