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Disney Video Used to Explain Copyright

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the insanely-well-done dept.

Recently a pretty amazing video surfaced that used clips from Disney films to explain copyright law. It was created by Eric Faden of Bucknell University and must have taken an insane amount of time to assemble. Now you have to wonder how long before someone gets sued over it. Also here is a corel cache version as well as a link to the original page.

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  1. Corel? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Also here is a corel cache version as well as a link to the original page.
    Interesting, I wasn't aware that Corel was offering a caching service. Unless he was actually referring to the "coral cache" we all know and love...
  2. Oh Mickey you're so fine... by packetmon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mickey: Hi kids do you know what copyright is? Kids: Is that when you sued my dead grandmother Mickey? Mickey: That's right kids...

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    1. Re:Oh Mickey you're so fine... by hal2814 · · Score: 3, Funny

      I preferred the Uncle Remus version:

      Remus: Zip-a-dee-do-dah, Zip-a-dee-a. If you're watching this movie in the US, you've obtained it illegally. Plenty of lawyers comin' your way. Zip-a-dee-do-dah, Zip-a-dee-a.

  3. Re:YouTube Link by madsheep · · Score: 3, Funny

    This URL you posted has an uncanny resemblance to the one posted in original posting.

  4. Re:Amazing? Amazingly criminal... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Naturally a random slashdotter knows more about copyright than the people at Stanford's law center...

  5. classic by poadshaw · · Score: 4, Funny

    The public domain is a disgrace to the forces of evil

  6. Next up by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 2, Funny

    Episode V: "The Disney Empire Strikes Back".

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  7. Re:Amazing? Amazingly criminal... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course. At slashdot, we know more about just about anything than those klutzes outside our IT departments. That's also why we don't even have to read the articles. We already know this stuff. And being at slashdot, you should know it too, instead of making sarcastic remarks.

  8. Re:YouTube Link by evilviper · · Score: 3, Funny

    This URL you posted has an uncanny resemblance to the one posted in original posting.

    You forgot a few:

    poster
    postable
    postface
    posthaste
    postdate
    postdigestive
    etc.

    The more "post" and the less of any other words, the better. Please try to work more variations of "post" into your next... err... submission.
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  9. Re:BitTorrent Anyone ? by i.r.id10t · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sure, but that would be breaking the creators copyright...

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  10. Re:Amazing? Amazingly criminal... by QuickFox · · Score: 4, Funny

    Naturally a random slashdotter knows more about copyright than the people at Stanford's law center... Of course he does. You must be new here.
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  11. Buzz "Copy" Lightyear by Tachys · · Score: 3, Funny

    Seriously, is Buzz Lightyear the only character to ever say the word "copy" in any disney animated film?

    1. Re:Buzz "Copy" Lightyear by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 2, Funny

      Knowing that Disney gets many of their ideas from the public domain and other sources, I'd say that it's verboten to use the word "copy" in a Disney film. ; )

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    2. Re:Buzz "Copy" Lightyear by kimvette · · Score: 2, Funny

      As an FYI, there will be a director's commentary on the MEF DVD release (in June) that talks about the ideas and challenges of putting the film together.


      Does thepiratebay have an early leak of that commentary yet? ;)
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    3. Re:Buzz "Copy" Lightyear by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      You underestimate the powers of the Pirate Bay! Rather than going to the effort of making your commentary, it's much easier to wait for a copy to appear on the Pirate Bay then just download a copy for yourself and distribute it. That's what Disney does, and its why they are so keen to keep the rest of us from Pirate Bay, so we don't discover the secret of their success. It's the same theory that allows a computer to bootstrap itself from a cold start and the universe to start from a big bang. ;-)

  12. Re:ummm....fair use by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Shut up, poopyhead.

  13. Corel?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Since when did Corel enter the web mirroring buisness?

  14. Don't criticize Disney!! by Siener · · Score: 3, Funny

    They are the defenders of copyright! If it wasn't for their lobbying efforts the copyright of Mickey Mouse would already have expired. Imagine the chaos! Anyone would be able to create Mickey Mouse material, effectively stealing money from Disney's pockets and removing all incentive for them to create anything new - it would give people free reign to steal their work.

    If copyrights expire then everyone could just profit from other people's work instead of having to come up with original material the way Disney has over the years. Imagine if Disney could just use works with expired copyright instead of creating originals like Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Alice in Wonderland, Beauty and the Beast, Treasure Island (Planet), the Little Mermaid and hundreds more ...Oh, wait...

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  15. Re:Description, please! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh great! So the current difficulties we have determining the copyright status of a work can be augmented by the inspired clarity of the modern tax code!