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I really enjoy Mr. Foster's work and in support, I am boycotting Disney until they pay up.

If they've done it to Foster, they've undoubtedly done it to many others. Even if they're publicly shamed into paying Foster, they'll probably be committing such slimy acts for as long as they can get away with it. So I think I'll need to boycott them for the foreseeable future.

Maybe writers can exert more pressure on Disney if they find a law firm that can launch a class action suit? They may settle just to avoid the adverse publicity.

Disney was founded on this sort of behaviour - the Disney animators strike of 1941 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_animators%27_strike

I have been boycotting Disney since I was a kid many years ago when I first learned of the Disney way (or not just disney but they are most known for it). Sadly it didn't help much so far, industry is still the same scumbags and people believe that the original authors/creators are getting the lionshare of the money and they keep buying the stuff. While the publishing companies are crying everywhere that copying is stealing. No, I don't copy either but I still have to pay the movietax on new harddrives for my computers... Sigh

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