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| 91.1 | Disney is merely protecting itself | ATE012::CLAUDE | Claude G. Berube | Wed May 03 1989 20:40 | 15 |
| Disney like any other major corporation is merely protecting their
assets, (Even DEC has filed suit against another company this weeks for
patent infringement), since the person probably didn't ask for
permision/liscence for display. This is simalr of the US manafacturer
going after bogus copycats of their mechandise.
> There was a
> person here that draws nice and she drew her own
> and they were on the wall at work and was told to
> take them down !
The reason for this was discused in 83.*, as well as topic 4.* in
QARRY::ANIMATION (press keypad 7 to add to your notebook)
Claude
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| 91.2 | | ATE012::CLAUDE | Claude G. Berube | Wed May 03 1989 20:44 | 28 |
| extracted form the QARRY::ANIMATION file.
Claude
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re .7
Sorry to be a wet blanket, but if that's the standard MM Club picture
(Mickey's head with 'sun rays' emanating from behind), it probably
should be deleted. Such a picture was distributed along with other
demos with the first VT125s to go out to the field.
Soon afterwards, telexes flew around to the effect that we did not
have Disney's permission to use those images and they objected to
their inclusion in the demos. We were told to delete all copies
from any DEC owned systems.
I haven't looked at it on a VT125 yet, so I'm not sure if its the
same one. There was an image of Goofy as well, with the same
instructions.
gary
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| 91.3 | It's Business, like it or not | EUCLID::OWEN | You Are the Everything | Wed May 03 1989 23:34 | 9 |
| If Disney doesn't say anything, who's to say that others won't
completely abuse the Disney image and characters. The must step
in each time to insure that it doesn't get out of hand. In all
fairness, Disney can't ignore a few yet complain about others.
One thing I really hate is seeing terrible, fake representations
of Disney characters.
Steve O
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| 91.4 | Legal Issue | INDMKT::GOLDBERG | Len Goldberg | Thu May 04 1989 11:55 | 11 |
| � If Disney doesn't say anything, who's to say that others won't
� completely abuse the Disney image and characters. The must step
� in each time to insure that it doesn't get out of hand. In all
� fairness, Disney can't ignore a few yet complain about others.
This is more than a fairness issue, it is a legal issue. In order
to protect a copyright, trademark, or patent one must be able to
show that it's abuse was defended whenever and wherever infringement
was detected. Ask the folks who used to own the zipper or aspirin
trademarks. If you don't actively defend it, you lose it to the
public domain.
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