<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Olivier,<BR><DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">The blurb says "This multi-volume collection brings together the majority of Gottfredson's works".</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">:\</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">Does this mean the restrictions still apply?</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">:(</SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>I haven't seen a definitive rundown on the contents of the Gottfredson books, so I can't speak to what will finally be in them. It is my understanding, though, that there are restrictions on some of the earliest strips, due to their content.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Disney does have great enthusiasm for this project, and wants to see it happen. From what I gather, and for what it's worth, they're as disappointed as we are that there are some strips they just can't see their way to allowing to be reproduced.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Gary</DIV></BODY></HTML>