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    Thanatos  wrote:   
      
   > In article ,   
   >  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. You're welcome to do your own   
   > > version of those characters.   
   >   
   > Not according to Disney. The moment they released their version of the   
   > public domain story Pocahntas, they started sending C&D letters to   
   > anyone else who dared do as you suggest and tried to make their own   
   > version.   
      
   Well, if they did, it didn't work.  A quick look at IMDb shows at least   
   3 rip offs released within a year of the Disney version.   
   >   
   > And it doesn't matter to Disney if the law says otherwise. They know   
   > they can beat most anyone else into submission with the costs of   
   > litigation.   
      
   You won't catch me defending Disney's actions; I'm one of their victims.   
   Doesn't mean I disagree with copyright law.   
   >   
   > There's actually a section of the copyright statute that says that   
   > making a knowingly false claim of copyright is fraud, but for some   
   > strange reason that bit never gets enforced. I wonder why...   
   >   
   > [Actually, I'm stunned it even made it in there in the first place. Big   
   > Copy's lobbyists were asleep on the job, I guess.]   
   >   
   > > 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.   
   >   
   > Yes, that particular aspect of copyright has been taken to ridiculous   
   > lengths as well, with the corporation that owns Seattle's Space Needle   
   > recently trying to ban commercial use of any photograph of the city's   
   > skyline because they own the copyright on the image of the Needle.   
      
   The one I think is really really really ridiculous is that you have to   
   have permission to show the HOLLYWOOD sign.   
      
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