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To Disney

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Jun 5
  • 2 min read

No, I'm not going to change my mind. I refuse to work for you because you hate me. You don't care about my personal life. If anything, you want to elide and avoid it. If my polyamorous relationships annoy you, then you're not going to get my songs. Your transphobia is so palpable that I've taken it to NZ Police. If I'm not mistaken, they've identified Mr. Mescal as one of my harassers. - If your fake Beatles suck and I'm better at sounding like them, then that's part of what makes Beatles Invade New Zealand! such an attractive proposition to other financiers. My music and my ability to sing is world-class, but I'd rather work for WingNut. After all, it's Peter and Fran who are developing scripts with me, not Disney people. A former Disney and TVNZ executive decided to steal my IP rather than collaborate. Both companies are implicated as a result. - Imagine Multimedia isn't the anti-Disney, but it's about cooperative deals rather than literally stealing IP from artists in order to keep corporate overlords in the black. People will retain their full copyrights, while Imagine will have subsidiary rights to restore, exhibit and recycle material while they're part of the co-op. Copyright law applies equally and y'all cheated by bribing people to fake signatures from Apple Corps board members. That's why Apple Corps is killing your Beatles quadrilogy. As for me, you don't own Shipwrecked on Islands because Steve Barr stole my songs. The characters and plots in both Shipwrecked and Weeded Out are proprietary. The original songs are registered with APRA. - You're not too big to fail. You're too big not to attract an antitrust investigation. This is vertical integration. You figured you could extort me then exploit me. You figured you could exploit Sir Paul and acquire yet another golden property. You were doing the same thing to Taylor. The problem for y'all was simple: all my original scripts are based in New Zealand. They literally had to ask Kiwis what the colloquial/vernacular words meant. Disney thought they'd make shitloads by translating them to the US. In order to do that, they needed to buy them, but were too cheap to do so. Steve Barr's threats were Disney's way of shitting on my copyrights and copyright law, which only ever seems to apply in the way that they see fit... - I'm third gender. I don't need to pass: it's not a focus in the Pacific. Steve Barr fucked up and is likely to be convicted of fraud. If other Disney execs want to avoid joining him, allow us to win. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HyT55v-k7fli1Qvj3HdlWL8fizcch1eg/view?usp=sharing

 
 
 

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
Jun 04

Losing to me isn't negotiable. You literally must accept defeat. NZ copyright law is stronger than US law, but I'd win any WGA arbitration as well. You stress-tested it in 2024, and LA writers said Mr. Barr hadn't materially contributed. My songs are not your property. My style is not your property. My pedigree isn't either. Unlike Lin, I don't really see any connection to a noble tradition: Disney stopped being good a long time ago, and I'm not the next Howard ... he was probably too gay for you lot anyway. I'm not American. Showbiz people are sleazy leeches: that's why I've thrown my lot in with Commonwealth filmmakers and Hollywood people that Paul and Ringo are mates with. If Wellington Stories is stronger than…

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
Jun 04
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What do I want? 1. A written statement which says that Disney encouraged and abetted torture. 2. A significant settlement, ideally around $1 million USD. 3. A verbal apology, along with a written statement, regarding the copyright dispute. 4. Jail time for the perps, including the A-listers.

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