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yeah, 105 years later we finally have a disney's a mickey mouse, but they still put the ears in every gadget to prolong it as a trademark.

TBH I can see now how the conglomerates created by buying smaller studios by big fish start owning everything. They've divided the market by themselves, and now they are rising their prices. Meanwhile I cannot make a screenshot of my favourite cartoon to create a meme, because of "copy protection". But I have right to do it you now? It's written in law in my country (Poland) that I can have small pieces recorded down, screenshotted etc, as long as I am doing some creative work on it, or just keep it to myself. THIS IS THE LAW HERE. And it's being ignored.




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