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This is simply disgusting
2006-06-25 07:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mdlbearI'm quoting this entire article because it's both short and appalling.
LACTON, England, June 23 (UPI) -- The Walt Disney Co., which had denied permission to grieving British parents to put Winnie the Pooh on their child's gravestone, has had a change of heart.
Disney had warned that a stonemason would be in breach of copyright if he included the bear's image along with "bear of very little brain," on the gravestone, The Telegraph reported. The parents had sought approval from Disney, but were rejected.
Stonemason Aaron Clarke said he was outraged.
"Disney make billions of pounds every year from children but they won't let a family put a picture on a stillborn baby's headstone," he said. "It is ridiculous. The family are upset enough as it is."
The company reversed course Thursday and allowed the parents to use the image. A Disney spokesman told the Telegraph the company is in continual communication with the family.
Yeah, they finally got pressured into doing the right thing. It's the
fact that they had to be pressured in the first place that makes me ill.
If you ever catch me buying any of Disney's Pooh crap
merchandise, kindly hit me with a copy of this post wrapped around a clue-by-four.
From Boing Boing.
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Date: 2006-06-26 03:52 am (UTC)I've always been a fan of Winnie-the-Pooh. Is it true that the older illustrations' royalties go back to the Milne estate (or whoever drew them), rather than to Disney? If so, then perhaps I shall furnish my childrens' rooms with the older stuff... or perhaps I can get Mother to give me what's already been bought....
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Date: 2006-06-26 05:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-26 11:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-26 11:38 pm (UTC)No, I don't have any problem with sticking it to the Man when they're not giving the folks as put the toil into it (or their heirs) anything except a bad case of lawyer bills...
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Date: 2006-06-26 04:36 am (UTC)I'm curious if there was anything more to it or due to the wording of "bear of very little brain" =\
But that's interesting x_x;
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Date: 2006-06-26 05:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-26 05:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-26 07:06 am (UTC)I doubt I will buy any more disney products.
*sigh* It sucks when I realize there are still some pretty heartless people out in the world... My relief comes from knowing that there are good people out there. Which is why I think you're pretty much the greatest thing since sliced bread. If there were more people like you, the world probably wouldn't be in the state it is at this point.
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Date: 2006-06-26 03:16 pm (UTC)I don't do nearly as much as I could, but at least I give money to people who can do more, and post the occasional article. ‘All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.’
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Date: 2006-06-26 05:53 pm (UTC)Latest Battle for Pooh
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