On 10/5/05, Michael O'Keefe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>I didn't know this, thanks. It seems ridiculous to me that Disney has > >>>to do such things in order to maintain their copyright. I cannot image > >>>that anyone's life or happiness depends on their being able use for > >>>free a Disney character for profit (or non-profit). > >> > >>Someone could quite easily build a competing "Disneyland" if all the > >>characters were in the public domain > > To me it's simple. You've got a great idea, cartoon Mouse, pointy haired > kid with a disfunctional family, good and evil in space, whatever. I > have an idea to do something different with it, and you have the right > to stop me if you don't like it, or I won't pay you enough. But only for > so long. You can't stop my idea forever. With the current laws, I have > to put my idea in my will so my grandkids can exploit it. And I wouldn't > be holding my breath that they'll be able to do that either....
Do something else. Work on one of your other great ideas. Best, Mike -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
