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[Ignacio Moreno]

Disney, the one that steal characters and stories from others and Bowdlerize
(http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Disneyfication) them. Did Disney
pay for them?? Oh wait, a lot of them are traditional fairy tales, so no
copyright there. But I am sure that they are copyrighted now, by Disney.

Kinai.
P.S: Why yes, I have a grudge with Disney, since I read the Jungle Book
book, I learned that they were going to make an "adaptation" of the
Hunchback of Notre Dame and the Lion King is a copy of Tezuka Jungle Taitei
(http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/y-asada/leo2.html).
2009/5/7 Shadow Wolf <shadowolf3400 at gmail.com>

> Unfortunately, Henry, the courts (at least in the US) long ago decided
> that "characters" could be copyrighted and that fiction or other
> depictions of someone else's characters constitutes a "derivative
> work". You don't have to use the words or artwork of the original
> author to violate their copyright.
>
> You can probably blame Disney's deep pockets for this, as for so many
> of the problems with modern copyright law.
>
> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 6:14 AM, Henry Cobb <henry.cobb at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 5:48 AM, Richard Lawson <nouma at msn.com> wrote:
> >> What this means with regards to copyright I don't know.  Most publishers
> turn a blind eye to fanfiction because they realize it keeps interest high,
> and the more fanfiction there is the more likely people are to seek out the
> source material.  Down the line, however, FF.net may find itself facing a
> Cease & Desist order from a persnickity author.  We'll have to wait and see.
> >
> > Trademark surely, but you'd have to copy and paste from the sources to
> > violate copyright.
> >
> > (Takes one peek at the huge mountain of Ranma fanfics.)
> >
> > Oh, never mind then.  ;-)
> >
> > My favorite game is to pick two characters and ask myself, X and Y
> > will meet, now what's the minimum rule changes each must undergo to
> > arrange this and how do these minimal changes in their now shared
> > world change them?  At that point I can't use the words of the
> > original authors because they simply don't fit anymore.
> >
> > -HJC
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