Quien nos lo iba a decir cuando éramos pequeños: Walt Disney nos denuncia

Videoclub W h a t  D i s n e y ! cierra sus puertas tras ser denunciado por The Walt Disney Company.

Precisamente tratando sobre los derechos de autor y el copyright, Videoclub W h a t  D i s n e y ! apareció hace algunos meses para reinterpretar algunos de los grandes hitos de filmografía D i s n e y, adelantando el final de cada película al clímax dramático. Esta drástica reducción de su metraje modifica irreparablemente su estructura argumental en lo que hemos venido a llamar COMMON’S CUT (o la versión de los comunes).

Esta es la carta completa que recibimos a través de Vimeo, plataforma online donde teníamos alojados todos los videos:

Dear videoclub W h a t  D i s n e y !:

This is to notify you that, as a result of a third-party notification by The Walt Disney Company claiming that the material is infringing, we have removed or disabled access to the material that appeared at http://www.vimeo.com/49312795.

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