2024's public domain is a banger(pluralistic.net)

81 points by matijao 2 years ago | 22 comments

Keir Starmer appoints Jeff Bezos as his "first buddy"(pluralistic.net)

8 points by RazZziel 1 year ago | 0 comments

Leaving Twitter had no effect on NPR's traffic(pluralistic.net)

282 points by jkestner 3 years ago | 150 comments

It All Started with a Mouse(pluralistic.net)

18 points by teddyh 2 years ago | 2 comments

The Great Enshittening(pluralistic.net)

12 points by mrtnmgs 2 years ago | 0 comments

Mark Zuckerberg personally lost the Facebook antitrust case(pluralistic.net)

176 points by thefox 1 year ago | 53 comments

Disney erased FiveThirtyEight(natesilver.net)

395 points by 7777777phil 5 months ago | 210 comments

Nate Silver's Silver Bulletin essay on how Disney mismanaged and ultimately erased FiveThirtyEight's archive over ten years.

If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing(pluralistic.net)

1007 points by jay_kyburz 2 years ago | 473 comments

Cory Doctorow's Pluralistic blog post arguing that if buying digital media isn't owning it, then piracy isn't stealing.

Disney seeks dismissal of wrongful death lawsuit citing waiver in Disney+ terms(wdwnt.com)

521 points by fortran77 2 years ago | 275 comments

WDW News Today article on Disney seeking dismissal of a Raglan Road wrongful death lawsuit, arguing the victim's Disney+ terms of service required arbitration.

Disney Raising Prices Days After Confirming Ads Will Now Show Up on Every Tier(tvfandomlounge.com)

353 points by robtherobber 3 days ago | 358 comments

A TV Fandom Lounge article on Disney+ and Hulu raising subscription prices days after updating terms to allow ads on all tiers, including Premium, alongside weak Nielsen ratings.

Disney+: New user agreement allows ads before movies in all subscriptions(consumerrights.wiki)

436 points by DeepLogin 1 month ago | 284 comments

Consumer Rights Wiki article on Disney+'s January 2025 subscriber agreement change allowing ads in all tiers, including ad-free plans.

Disney's Mickey Mouse enter public domain(bbc.com)

347 points by coolandsmartrr 2 years ago | 160 comments

BBC News article reporting that Disney's earliest versions of Mickey and Minnie Mouse entered the US public domain on 1 January 2024 as copyright expired.