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   From: ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net   
      
   In article <7knh5fF38hhajU1@mid.individual.net>,   
    Greg Goss  wrote:   
      
   > Anim8rFSK  wrote:   
   >   
   > >Why shouldn't they be greedy?  They invented the stuff.  Wanting to use   
   > >someone else's ideas to make cheap copies is selfish, self serving, and   
   > >stealing.   
   >   
   > Disney invented Alladdin?  Disney invented Snow White and the Wicked   
   > Witch?  Disney invented Pinocchio?   
      
   They invented their versions.  You're welcome to do your own version of   
   those characters.  There are people who specialize in just that; ripping   
   off whatever Disney is doing as closely as possible.   
   >   
   > They got to mine a rich public domain and take it private.  I say a   
   > rich public domain makes for a richer culture.  SFTV says 28 years.  I   
   > could live with something as long as forty.  But a century is too   
   > long.  The culture should belong to the culture, and cultural elements   
   > from two generations ago should no longer be private.   
   >   
   > If you want to build a private copy of Hearst Castle in your back   
   > yard, then you can.  Why should society be prohibited forever from   
   > replicating a story from its culture?  Why can Disney mine public   
   > domain for stories that they then claim as private property forever?   
      
   Well, that's not even remotely the situation, so it's hard to argue.   
   Disney's not stopping you from making your own cartoon version of Snow   
   White; they just own the parts of their version of the story that they   
   created.  And why shouldn't they?   
      
   You want to make Snow White?  Go back to the original, create your own   
   characters, add your own embellishments, and make your own Snow White.   
   Society isn't enriched by you stealing Disney's work, only you are.   
      
   And you might just have a problem duplicating Hearst Castle.  Go try to   
   build a copy of the Empire State Building without permission, and see   
   how far you get.   
      
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