This whole thing is just conjecture and conspiracy theory. Conspiracy theory that doesn't even really make sense.
Comics sales are minuscule compared to movies and merchandise. How does killing off the X-Men in the comics help Marvel Studios or hurt Fox. It's not going to affect the box office at all, so what's the point?
Also killing off mutants happens so often it's a trope. Their existence is always threatened--that's kind of their thing. There's no evidence this story arc is any different.
It's kind of a shame that there are serious politics in Hollywood or wherever that are dictating the storylines of comic books and movies. Kind of a downer for a guy who's like X-men et al since I was a kid.
X-men ought to be public domain by now and the politics and studio bickering irrelevant (at least with regard to rights). Anyone ought be able to make a movie about Wolverine and Cyclops by now.
Agree that the zeitgeist of copyright is definitely that it should be infinite in duration, regardless of whatever apologists want to tell you. That said, I'm a bit more optimistic, simply based on a gut feeling that you can only enforce such a policy, which runs directly contrary to basic human nature and how our species implements culture, for so long. People already complain that the stuff coming out of Hollywood is derivative rehashed crap - once enough of us make the connection between that and copyright law, copyright law will be reformed and not even Disney will be able to do anything about it.
Corporate desires not the real zeitgeist. The real zeitgeist is represented better by the millions of people who think it's stupid they can't watch game of thrones the day it airs in America.
Our Convenience Culture views copyright as an unnecessary impediment to satisfying market demand. Look at how Netflix sponsored content creation to bypass the traditional copyright barriers.
They should quit pretending it's about fixed terms and change copyright to extend as long as a property is profitable. After all, that's what they really want.
Comics sales are minuscule compared to movies and merchandise. How does killing off the X-Men in the comics help Marvel Studios or hurt Fox. It's not going to affect the box office at all, so what's the point?
Also killing off mutants happens so often it's a trope. Their existence is always threatened--that's kind of their thing. There's no evidence this story arc is any different.