Correct about Disney. In fact, a few years ago the "Mickey Mouse" law was passed, extending copyright protection because Mickey Mouse was about to become public domain.
--- On Fri, 11/21/08, Mark McGilchrist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Mark McGilchrist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [CBML] Re: Avalanche Games > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 12:17 PM > As I understand it, Disney spend an awful lot of lobbying > money keeping Mickey Mouse in copyright, so I suspect unless > a large cheque is included in the letter, this appeal will > fall on deaf ears. > > Compared to the lifespan of patents, the lifespan of > copyright is huge. Life of the author plus 70 years IIRC. > > --- On Sat, 22/11/08, Joel Uckelman > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > F > > > > If you're in the US, perhaps writing your > representative and senators > > about the ill effects of current copyright law would be a > good idea? > > > > -- > > J. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Make the switch to the world's best email. > Get Yahoo!7 Mail! http://au.yahoo.com/y7mail > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ------------------------------------ > > To change your delivery settings, go to > http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/CyberBoardML.Yahoo! > Groups Links > > >
