‘Coyote vs. Acme,’ once abandoned as a tax write-off by Warner Bros., grosses $100 million globally ahead of digital release.

  • Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    It never ceases to amaze me how badly people understand copyright/IP and tax. This is a rare occasion with both at the same time, complimented by verbal abuse.

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      The above poster is clearly behaving like a dumbass but the reason so many people misunderstand those concepts has a lot to do with how contradictory the laws are to our intuitive notions of reasonableness and fairness.