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   From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   Anim8rFSK  wrote:   
      
   >Again, you're completely free to do Snow White.  You're completely free   
   >to do Alladin.  You're completely free to do what Disney did; create   
   >your own version of those stories.  And your version will be protected.   
      
   And WHY are we completely free?  We're free because the creativity   
   that created them became an open part of our society.  The copy rights   
   of those creators expired, and a richer society resulted from that   
   happening.   
   --   
   apart from one noisy guy up in Canada, no-one wants   
   a three-cylinder tissue box on bicycle tires.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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