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The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Partner on Sora

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236 points inesranzo | 2 comments | 11 Dec 25 14:05 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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dfedbeef ◴[11 Dec 25 14:43 UTC] No.46231978[source]▶
Disney shareholders, feel free to make images of Iger, Mickey, and Br'er Rabbit lighting piles on money on fire.
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atonse ◴[11 Dec 25 15:14 UTC] No.46232383[source]▶
I'm not a shareholder but buying equity in OpenAI seems to be a much better deal (for Disney) than making OpenAI just pay royalties, no? Seems like everyone wins, unless you think OpenAI will never amount to anything and it's all a bubble.
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sjsdaiuasgdia ◴[11 Dec 25 15:31 UTC] No.46232615{3}[source]▶
Cash from royalties doesn't disappear like equity value would, in the event of a bubble pop.

Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush and all that.

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1. blibble ◴[11 Dec 25 15:42 UTC] No.46232762{4}[source]▶
where does the royalty cash come from when the bubble pops?
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2. sjsdaiuasgdia ◴[11 Dec 25 15:57 UTC] No.46232979[source]▶
It stops, but you still have what you got before that point. You're "cashing out" on an ongoing basis.