[Wikimedia-l] Study: Nobody cares about your copyright

[John Vandenberg]

People dont care about Sonny Bono, so it wont get any prominence.
Most people dont care about copyright.  Most people do have kids and
do know who Mickey Mouse is.  Tar Mickey Mouse with the actions of his
protectors and the world will listen.

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 1:46 AM, Amory Meltzer <amorymeltzer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Less Mickey Mouse, more Sonny Bono.  Beloved cartoon characters from
> everyone's childhood are harder to campaign against than one of Cher's
> ex-husbands.
>
> ~A
>
>
> On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:31 PM, John Vandenberg <jayvdb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> If we want to have an extra impact, I think we should campaign to
>> redefine January 1 as (Anti-)Mickey Mouse Day, and promote it as the
>> day that Mickey Mouse Act / Disney has prevented the commons from
>> being enriched.  We could list all of the works which would be public
>> domain in the US if Mickey Mouse had never existed.
>>
>> --
>> John Vandenberg
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John Vandenberg