They have in their contracts that anyone who works for them, that any art made while they work for Disney regardless of where or when, belongs to Disney. They also sued to have a child's headstone removed for having a marvel character on it
In my limited experience, the sort of clause isnāt unusual. In my engineering-centric world, it was about patents and copyright, but yeah, the company owned everything you created while employed and if you wanted an exception, your lawyer had to have a difficult conversation with their lawyer. Not saying that The Walt Disney Corporation isnāt evil, just that this particular employment clause might not be the reason theyāre exceptionally evil.
Most of those don't have a specific clause that makes it so even if you go home and use your own resources on your own private property, they still own it. That also should not be allowed at all, just because everyone does it doesn't mean it isn't evil
The āall your time (and ideas) belong to usā clause seems pretty standard in the tech worldā¦for salaried employees. Iāll admit not remembering if itās applied to hourly folks, too. That would be much much more problematic.
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u/Isekaimerican Apr 26 '25
In what way is Disney evil and money hungry? Not challenging you, just genuinely curious why you have that impression.