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   In article ,   
    Thanatos  wrote:   
      
   > In article ,   
   >  Anim8rFSK  wrote:   
   >   
   > > In article <1256927582.300636@irys.nyx.net>,   
   > >  Blanche  wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > It's not restraint of trade or even capitalism. It's property rights.   
   > > > More specifically, intellectual property rights.   
   > > >   
   > > > (oh my gawd, we had this argument 15 years ago, right here   
   > > > on the trek newsgroups....does no one ever learn?)   
   > > >   
   > > > Disney owns the rights to Snow White, et al. Sumner Redstone (in his   
   > >   
   > > Disney owns the rights to the elements THEY CREATED of Snow White.   
   > > Nothing's stopping anyone from doing a new version of Snow White based   
   > > on the original public domain material   
   >   
   > Nothing except Disney. Try it and they'll make your life a living hell   
   > until you submit.   
      
   Bull.  Take a look at IMDb.  Lots of people make knock-offs of Disney   
   stuff any time it's rereleased.  Hell, the Frog Princess knock-off toons   
   are already out.   
      
   http://www.imdb.com/find?s=tt&q=snow+white   
      
   Dozens and dozens of versions, animated and live action, of Snow White,   
   done since Disney did theirs, with a new one out next year.   
      
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