This always pisses me off.

Disney didn't invent (e.g.) Beauty and the Beast. They took an idea and a story in the public domain and retold it. Then they claim ownership of that and sue anyone who uses the same character(s) for the next 75+ years.

This is not "encouraging creation". This is strip-mining our shared culture.

So yeah, agree 100% that this kind of corporate theft needs to be stopped. I can't see that happening in the face of all the money though.