Indonesia

Fredrik Ekman d91fe at iguanodon.pt.hk-r.se
Thu Feb 17 02:20:40 CET 1994


Several weeks ago, Gary wrote:
>Egmont isn't entirely unconstrained by Disney, but what you said pretty much 
>hit the proverbial nail a smart rap. Several years ago I heard that Indonesia 
>(I think it was Indonesia) nationalized the Disney characters, claiming they 
>were the property of the people of that country and so not subject to the 
>dictates of The Walt Disney Company as to their use in that country. It was a 
>fascinating bit of hearsay, but I never heard any more about it. Has anyone 
>else?

I have now looked through my old Indonesian comic book. It turned out to be
not two "Donal Bebek", as I had thought, but one "Walt Disney Album". On the
inside back cover, it said "(c) 1976 Walt Disney" or something similar. So
any Indonesian nationalization was either before or after this year.

  /F



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