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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 9886077" data-attributes="member: 177">So, the ethics of corporate money in politics is a big question, but beyond the scope of these boards.  So, I will leave that out of consideration at the moment.Violating someone's reasonable expectations of being able to use a thing can, in some cases, be an ethical violation.  Like, if I have a piece of medical equipment, and I promise you that you will be able to make use of it, and you plan someone's treatment on that availability, and then I renege on my promise because someone else is going to pay more for it?  That's probably unethical of me.However, Disney worked six and more years ahead of the end of their copyrights - ahead of when anyone "looking forward" to making use of that IP could be said to have a solid expectation that they would/could profit themselves.  So, the change in copyright status for any particular bit of IP was only interrupting hypothetical projects.  Hypothetical projects are a weak grounding for suggesting ethical violation.Meanwhile, making profit over something I own/created/put effort into, without my permission and without offering me a cut?  That's gonna generally be an issue.</blockquote>