Let me see if I’ve got this right.
A grocery store sells potatoes. Makes their living by providing a regular supply of potatoes to hungry customers. Trouble is, some of those customers use those potatoes to make potato prints of Mickey Mouse. Disney’s response is to make an agreement with grocery stores to limit the supply of potatoes to customers and possibly stop selling them altogether.
“Dear repeat potato print offenders - you continue to make infringing potato prints of Mickey Mouse and other lovable characters. Doing so steals from the creators of these lovable characters, funds terrorism, and means that these lovable characters will no longer be able to have hilarious adventures. So no more potatoes for you. Stop giving us money immediately.”
I’m not seeing a) what’s in it for the grocery stores; and b) why they should be acting as Disney’s police force, judge, jury and penal system at their own expense.
Now the internet service providers and record labels, on the other hand…
Totally different story. Right?