Why is anyone surprised? I knew Disney was crooked since I was 14 this just proves that pixar is the same. Disney inspired woodland fellows, with the elitism need to realize this?
I definitely agree with this being a bit time Steve Job's fault. I mean go back to when he was still alive on the board of Disney and Bob Iger mentions Disney taking a lot of Job's business practices to heart.
I read a ton of articles on this yesterday... it was so depressing and It really hit me hard. Read at your own risk of depression...http://pando.com/tag/techtopus/ (tons of really great articles on the subject here) Apparently the problem spreads across almost every tech company in the bay area. Apparently our old friend…
the thing to bear in mind here is that Disney is an umbrella term used to cover the entire company. that includes their parks, merchandise, movie studio, and more which are all separate entities. it's absolutely possible, in fact i almost guarantee that the movie studio shows a loss on its revenue report for any given…
Check out the link I posted. They go pretty deep into the matter from many angles. The emails are very telling. I'll re-post a few of the emails here for ease of reading. To which Disneys chairman replied: link to article:…
Well keep in mind Disney has been doing very well the last few years. I mean they have been making record profits the last few years. The 9 million dollar fine they would get would do nothing. They would probably be fine even with a 30 billion dollar fine. I bet the price fixing has a lot to do with those record profits…
Never forget its bigger than Disney/Pixar/Lucasarts. The knock on effects hit all of us in some way. Even at in smaller studios. If you work (creatively) in film, you see the profit margins being squeezed tighter on a monthly basis. It seems to me that smaller creative companies flounder because of desperate bids whenever…