XPost: rec.arts.tv, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   From: me@privacy.net   
      
   On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:12:35 -0700, Anim8rFSK wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   If those works were still under copyright Disney wouldn't have been able   
   to make those films. Under your definition they 'stole' those characters.   
      
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