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09-05-2009, 07:58 PM
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Kindly Asked To Leave
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What you're seeing now is just Disney's Legal Department flexing their muscles. Sort of a "shot across the bow" to anyone who has been playing fast & loose with Marvel's properties. They want you to know you're not dealing ith Marvel's lawyers any more. A lot of companies aren't quite as protective of their characters or coprights as Disney is. Disney is probably the #1 company out there in protecting their profits by going after interlopers. Companies like DC and Marvel may single out the blatant infringements on their properties, but Disney goes after everybody, including the little guys who don't seem to be harming anyone. The lawyers are just reminding those people that it's no longer "business as usual" because of the sale. They haven't even warmed up yet. When they do- watch out - because the slap on the wrist "cease & desist" orders will become injunctions and lawsuits overnight.
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09-05-2009, 08:36 PM
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Mandarin
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I agree with the people who have said that Disney isn't EVIL for doing this - the artists are the ones taking a character that they don't own and making money off of them.
But does this mean it's wrong to support them? Smaller scale artists who amaze you with their talent - I'd still buy a sketch or commission off of them. But I understand Disney's point of view of not wanting to see these artists on ebay (a huge public market place) making money on their characters...
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09-05-2009, 08:46 PM
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I was arrested for selling illegal-sized paper.
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DC comics characters, anyone?
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09-05-2009, 09:08 PM
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What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
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Originally Posted by riteguytu
DC comics characters, anyone?
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Meh.
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09-05-2009, 09:13 PM
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Mandarin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by riteguytu
DC comics characters, anyone?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by twoferflinchin
Meh.
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Yeah - I'm all set...
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09-05-2009, 11:22 PM
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My baby calls me the Loch Ness Monster, two great big humps and then I'm gone
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Originally Posted by lord odin
I could say the same thing about God.
And $4 billion dollars can be seen,touched and felt.
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God is not real - can you prove it(and I am not an aethiest, but agnostic)?
It's just people's need to believe in something
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09-05-2009, 11:51 PM
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Mandarin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by joy_division
God is not real - can you prove it(and I am not an aethiest, but agnostic)?
It's just people's need to believe in something
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Wasn't this Odin's point?
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09-05-2009, 11:53 PM
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Yeah, I spend WAY too much time here!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ratchet
Wasn't this Odin's point?
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09-06-2009, 12:22 AM
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Kindly Asked To Leave
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Quote:
Originally Posted by joy_division
God is not real - can you prove it
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Can you prove there's no God?
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09-06-2009, 12:42 AM
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Mandarin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by armitage
Can you prove there's no God?
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And thus the thread gets derailed...
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