The Walt Disney Company has done more to change this country’s copyright law in the past two decades than was done in the previous centuries. It is not a stretch to suggest that as a company, they understand and appreciate copyright and its value more than most. It is also not a stretch to say they have taken incredible advantage of the public domain to expand their empire.
So, yes, we’re choking-back-laughter-amused when we read comments like this:
Disney contends the copyright in the U.S. expired before the 1998 law and the book now resides in the public domain.
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Susan Gable // Oct 13, 2004 at 6:42 am
I’m not so much amused as appalled. It’s kind of a PR black-eye for Disney that they’re “stealing” money from sick children. One would think their own PR people would point what a nightmare this could be for them.
Amazing how they love their own copyrights, huh?
Kate Rothwell // Oct 14, 2004 at 4:03 am
Wow, that’s appalling!