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   Message 137,052 of 137,311   
   Joshua Kreitzer to David Langford   
   Re: Ansible 460 -- November 2025   
   01 Nov 25 10:40:53   
   
   XPost: uk.people.sf-fans   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 10/31/2025 3:34 PM, David Langford wrote:   
     > COURT CIRCULAR. The full legal might of Disney is now directed at Lise   
   > Soberon of France, who created the family advice app Wondermum --   
   > represented by a trousered lady bearing no resemblance to Wonder Woman   
   > except in the eyes of Disney lawyers who say this terrible infringement   
   > must stop. Soberon: 'As far as I'm aware, DC Comics doesn't own the word   
   > "wonder".' Expensive discussions continue. (_Guardian_, 14 October)   
   Those would be lawyers for Warner Bros., not Disney. Warner Bros.   
   Discovery owns DC Comics including Wonder Woman, while Disney owns   
   Marvel Comics.   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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