Los Angeles Times: "He is the world's most famous personality, better known in this country than anyone living or dead, real or fictional. Market researchers say his 97% recognition rate in the U.S. edges out even Santa Claus.
He is the one -- and, for now, only -- Mickey Mouse."
3 comments:
I know Mickey is very important to Disney, but this all seems a little overdone. The only reason they get so worked up over it is because if they squeeze a little more money out him, they will. It's not about the artistic license anymore, which makes me less sympathetic to the whole issue...
A world in which Mickey Mouse belongs to us?! I'm trying to imagine the opportunities individual enterprises would have because of this ridiculous blunder. Although it all seems a little to unimaginable and overblown. I agree with Chapel in saying it's not really about the artistic license.
I had heard somewhere that so many "artistic license" lawsuits have been settled out of court that it is going to create a monstrous problem for the next 20-30 years because it can be such a vague grey area.
Disney has the resources to really take advantage and establish a firm grip on the definition of artistic licensing issues. Seeing as Mickey Mouse is THE iconic figure of Walt Disney, I can only see chaos if his early incarnation is put in the public domain.
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