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   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   Anim8rFSK wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  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.   
   >   
   So the City of Hollywood is suing every tourist who ever snapped a shot   
   of it to show their family and friends?   
      
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