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<DIV>In a message dated 8/27/2003 12:07:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time, scraill@methven.net writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial size=2>It</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>'</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>s been pointed out recently that copyright has expired on early Disney work and that theoretically that means that they</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>'</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>re free to use. </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV>i sure missed that - as most of the Disney material has NOT expired in the usa, only a few animated shorts, a small time of the MM newspaper strip (which disney claims is covered by the copyright on "Plane Crazy'), etc.</DIV>
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<DIV>the joksters in the usa dont call the copyright extention act "the mickey mouse protection law" for nothin!</DIV>
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