Disney: "Royalties for creators? That's optional, right?"

[The Brain]

Certainly more so than ordinary folk.

[Eddie Teach]

I'm neither playing dumb nor asserting anything.  I'm trying to figure out what the legal situation is, because given what was said earlier in the thread, it sounded to me like that it was Wild West capitalism.  That's why I was trying to clarify in many different ways what the situation really was.  This wasn't a legal debate, this was me trying to understand something.

It has been explained to you by at least three different people.  If you are not playing dumb you are tragically slow on the uptake.

I guess I am tragically slow on the uptake then, but you know, you could be nicer in pointing that out.  People tragically slow on the uptake are also sometimes curious about how legal issues work.

Seems he forgot he had several years of training.

[crazy canuck]

I'm neither playing dumb nor asserting anything.  I'm trying to figure out what the legal situation is, because given what was said earlier in the thread, it sounded to me like that it was Wild West capitalism.  That's why I was trying to clarify in many different ways what the situation really was.  This wasn't a legal debate, this was me trying to understand something.

It has been explained to you by at least three different people.  If you are not playing dumb you are tragically slow on the uptake.

I guess I am tragically slow on the uptake then, but you know, you could be nicer in pointing that out.  People tragically slow on the uptake are also sometimes curious about how legal issues work.

Bullshit.  You were trying to establish your point that Western commercial law was like 1990s Russia.  Evan after several people pointed out that the premise of your observation was flawed.

If you want to be treated nicely, then back down after saying stupid things.

[The Brain]

[DGuller]

I'm neither playing dumb nor asserting anything.  I'm trying to figure out what the legal situation is, because given what was said earlier in the thread, it sounded to me like that it was Wild West capitalism.  That's why I was trying to clarify in many different ways what the situation really was.  This wasn't a legal debate, this was me trying to understand something.

It has been explained to you by at least three different people.  If you are not playing dumb you are tragically slow on the uptake.

I guess I am tragically slow on the uptake then, but you know, you could be nicer in pointing that out.  People tragically slow on the uptake are also sometimes curious about how legal issues work.

Bullshit.  You were trying to establish your point that Western commercial law was like 1990s Russia.  Evan after several people pointed out that the premise of your observation was flawed.

If you want to be treated nicely, then back down after saying stupid things.

I was trying to establish what the Western commercial law really was like, because the explanations given made it sound to me like it was 1990s Russia (which I was sure was not the case, hence attempt to clarify).  The point of my questions was either to clarify the explanation or my understanding of them, not to make any claims.

[DGuller]