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class=080501412-29082003>Cord Wiljes:</SPAN></DIV>
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Maybe we should take more drastic measures like traveling <BR>>> back in
time to old California and claim the copyright on Mickey Mouse <BR>>>
before anyone else does.</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=080501412-29082003>Steve Rowe:</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=080501412-29082003>> </SPAN>wouldnt work, there was already
a Mickey and Minnie Mouse copyrighted by \Johnny Gruelle prior to Walt Disney's
Mickey.....</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=080501412-29082003>Johnny Gruelle claimed a copyright on the
names "Mickey and Minnie Mouse" before Dísney invented them? Or on the
characters after Disney invented them? In the later case I suppose that just by
using them for the first time in public Disney got copyright status on the
figures (at least he would have according to German law).</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=080501412-29082003>My plan was going back to a point in time
before Disney invented Mickey. To be sure it would be best to chose a time
before Disney's birth.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=080501412-29082003>Cord</SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>