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From: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: There's No Fun At Pixar
Message-ID: <1683@cadovax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 6-Aug-87 13:54:25 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  6 13:54:25 1987
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In article <921@hp-sdd.HP.COM> nick@hp-sdd.UUCP (Nick Flor) writes:
>Did Leo really *borrow* this unicycle idea from an animation flick by Pixar?
>
>Because (and for the rest of this article I am assuming he did based
>on the content of your posting) if he did, then I'm not so sure that
>what Pixar is doing is wrong.

I'd say that Leo's animation would fit very well under the heading of
a parody.  MAD magazine would be in big trouble if it weren't for 
'fair use' in copyright law with regards to parody and satire.  

>E) What did Pixar gain? 

Well, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.  I'd say they
got some free exposure they may not have gotten otherwise.  Someone
who saw the Amiga version and was told that it was similar to what
Pixar was doing might have spent some extra time to check out what
was happening at the Pixar booth.  They should be happy that other
people think that what they are doing is worth satirizing. 

I just think that people who can't laugh at themselves when someone
renders a not-unflattering caricature of them, whether on paper or
on an Amiga needs some of the air let out of their egos.  The lack of
such instances of comic-relief could make this world a pretty gloomy 
place.  Let's hope that Pixar isn't really the wet blanket they seemed
there for a moment.  And otherwise, let's then look for Leo's new animation
of a BLUE and/or GREEN unicicle to come down the pipe.  And maybe this 
time there'll be 4 balls.  :-)


Keith Doyle
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