[PEN-L:771] Re: Mickey protected!

["Peter J. Schledorn" <pjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, James Devine wrote:

> One point is suggested by the proposed amendment that was dropped: if
> copyright protection is extended, the people who produced the product
> should also benefit. After all, it wasn't the _Disney Corporation_ that
> invented the "Ariel" persona in the movie "Little Mermaid." It was one of
> their creative staff who I bet gets no residuals at all. (I didn't stick to
> the Mickey example, because I think that bastard Walt Disney invented the
> Mouse.)

FWIW, though Disney claimed to have had the original idea, I think Ub
Iwerks did a lot of the development of the character who eventually became
Mickey Mouse.  So the rodent probably fits the example, too.

Best,
Peter

> Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx &