From: Amara Graps (Amara.Graps@mpi-hd.mpg.de)
Date: Thu Jul 18 2002 - 09:34:34 MDT
Michael Wiik:
>I think it likely that once Mickey Mouse is released into the public
>domain
Do you think that this is likely to happen? (I didn't hear anything
about it, was something announced?)
Disney protects their copyrights to-the-extreme. For example:
Consultants are not permitted to write in their resume that they
performed work for Disney, because it 'uses' (I don't remember the
legal term) the Disney name.
Amara
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