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Getting into a legal battle with an immensely popular YouTuber would probably cost them a lot more in bad publicity than they would reasonably make from a lawsuit. I guarantee someone at Disney is doing or already has done the calculations.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/aug/15/disney-wrongful-death-lawsuit-dismissal
Disney is not scared of lawyering up.
Oh I'm not disagreeing with you there. In this case, they were being brought in as a defendant for a wrongful death case. The probably realized there was some potential PR damage from considering invoking the Disney+ terms (rightfully so, fuck them), but I'm sure they weighed that against the liability of the wrongful death suit.
In the case of the video, I'd be surprised if they went after Robert, because I don't see them gaining more from this case than they would lose in publicity. I could be wrong though, perhaps we'll see!