Short Story 66: Three Fingers

Gerry Quinn · 10 Jun 2014, 12:42 · from 2014-June.txt.gz

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From: gerry at bindweed.com (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 13:42:13 +0100
Subject: (urth) Short Story 66: Three Fingers
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On 10/06/2014 04:50, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:
> But Wolfe is right, the Disney corporation's protection of its 
> trademarks/copyrights is downright paranoia-inducing.
>
> There was a daycare in Florida that decorated with hand-painted images 
> of Disney characters. Unfortunately, it was on the outside of the 
> building, and when a Disney suit happened to pass by, they received a 
> letter ordering them not only to cease and desist, but to repaint 
> immediately, which, if you know anything about the economics of 
> daycares, was tantamount to bankrupting them.
>
> (There's a happy ending. Someone at Warner heard about it, and WB paid 
> to have the place repainted in Warner Bros. characters.)

That said, it wasn't just one daycare centre, it was several in the same 
city.  That may have struck Disney lawyers as more dangerous than a 
single centre...

- Gerry Quinn

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