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Post #49,100
by tjsinclair
8/12/02 4:46:21 PM
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New It's always been quite ironic

That Disney, one of the biggest backers of mandatory DRM technology and infinitely receding copyright periods, built their empire on public domain works.
Tom Sinclair

"Everybody is someone else's weirdo."
- E. Dijkstra
Post #49,121
by Ashton
8/12/02 8:19:33 PM
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New Trouble is..
I never heard the author of the comment, "there are only eight plots for a story" (and prolly any one of us could fill them in - with only slight variance ?? if we tried)

The Greeks did a pretty good job of making Epics of about each one. Ovid pretty well cooled 'romance'. Etc.

But I see your point - Disney is about as innovative as the Beast AND they already DID that one! Beauty and Der Beast. Still and all.. our Primary food group here is, Saccharine. Y'know?


Ashton
Post #49,168
by ben_tilly
8/13/02 6:43:51 AM
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New No irony at all
Having done it themselves, who better to understand the value of the public domain? They just have no wish to give potential competitors that leg up.

Cheers,
Ben
Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
-- Edsger Wybe Dijkstra (1930-2002)
     The biggest pirates are....Hollywood - (tonytib) - (10) - Aug. 12, 2002, 04:45:07 PM EDT
         It's always been quite ironic - (tjsinclair) - (2) - Aug. 12, 2002, 04:46:21 PM EDT
             Trouble is.. - (Ashton) - Aug. 12, 2002, 08:19:33 PM EDT
             No irony at all - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 13, 2002, 06:43:51 AM EDT
         I don't agree with him. - (Brandioch) - (5) - Aug. 12, 2002, 08:22:50 PM EDT
             The greys of piracy. - (static) - Aug. 13, 2002, 01:10:03 AM EDT
             He may not be right in all particulars - but neither are you - (CRConrad) - (3) - Aug. 13, 2002, 03:19:03 AM EDT
                 That's why clearer definitions are needed. - (Brandioch) - (2) - Aug. 13, 2002, 10:58:02 AM EDT
                     Brandhi, d'you know why so many people so often get so... - (CRConrad) - (1) - Aug. 13, 2002, 11:44:20 AM EDT
                         The question is "do I care"? - (Brandioch) - Aug. 13, 2002, 02:19:31 PM EDT
         Yep - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:42:39 AM EDT

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