I think his point is you <i>wouldn&#x27;t</i> get the same thing.  If Winnie the Pooh entered the public domain today, a decade or two from now nobody would know who he was.  You might get some cheap Pooh-themed lunchboxes from China early on, but without Disney pumping money into him, Winnie would fade into obscurity.  (e.g. Винни-Пух, the people&#x27;s Winnie)<p>As for the wealth they create:  <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;americasmarkets.usatoday.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;06&#x2F;24&#x2F;disney-gets-15-more-magical&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;americasmarkets.usatoday.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;06&#x2F;24&#x2F;disney-gets-1...</a><p>That&#x27;s actual college-and-braces money that shareholders are making on the copyright, that otherwise wouldn&#x27;t exist.  And don&#x27;t say that money is being stolen from us, because first of all, we&#x27;re all potentially &quot;them&quot;, and second, we all get to watch <i>Winnie&#x27;s Big Adventure</i> on Netflix.