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   David Johnston to All   
   Re: Star Trek Enhanced - yanked off the    
   27 Oct 09 21:22:33   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.tv, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   From: david@block.net   
      
   On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:06:00 -0700, Anim8rFSK    
   wrote:   
      
   >In article <18iog5f7aqiel.7ujvs2p0fobr.dlg@40tude.net>,   
   > Ian Galbraith  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:17:11 -0700, Anim8rFSK wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > In article <1qs764dvqwjo8$.4ex25lekc7wc.dlg@40tude.net>,   
   >> >  Ian Galbraith  wrote:   
   >> [snip]   
   >>   
   >> >> I don't see how wanting to set a reasonable time limit on copyright is   
   >> >> selfish, self serving and stealing. Frankly I think the opposite is true,   
   >> >> are you really trying to claim that Disney isn't greedy?   
   >> >   
   >> > 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.   
   >>   
   >> Its possible to take someone elses characters after the copyright has   
   >> expired and actually do something creative with them.   
   >   
   >Invent your own stuff, don't steal other's works.   
      
   You mean like such works of Disney originality as Snow White,   
   Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame   
   and Mulan?  Or for that matter, the Lion King?   
      
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