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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. 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.

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

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

  3. 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...

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

    The public domain is a disgrace to the forces of evil

  5. 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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  6. Re:BitTorrent Anyone ? by i.r.id10t · · Score: 3, Funny

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

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  7. 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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  8. 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?

  9. 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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