Comment Mickey who? (Score 1) 391
I'm not sure how much innovation is being strangled, but one thing that's certain is the damage to Mickey's popularity.
When was the last time that a Mickey Mouse cartoon was released? Do kids today even know who he is?
Can you imagine if all the old Mickey cartoons where on PBS constantly? It would probably endear kids to him all over again and send a new wave of kids to Disney parks. How is there a downside? It seems crazy to me to pass up the value that those old 'toons have - to both the culture and to Disney in the form of free brand publicity.
Instead they rot in the 'vault' and Disney parks are full of old 'IP' that fewer and fewer people recognize.
Genius!