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From: czei@osupyr.UUCP (Michael S Czeiszperger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: There's No Fun At Pixar
Message-ID: <108@osupyr.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 15-Aug-87 20:54:08 EDT
Article-I.D.: osupyr.108
Posted: Sat Aug 15 20:54:08 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 18-Aug-87 06:29:32 EDT
References: <1681@cadovax.UUCP> <921@hp-sdd.HP.COM> <354@sccc0.teknek.UUCP> <3546@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> <12093@amdahl.amdahl.com>
Reply-To: czei@osupyr.UUCP (Michael S Czeiszperger)
Organization: Mathematical Sciences Computer Lab, Columbus, OH
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In article <12093@amdahl.amdahl.com> kim@amdahl.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) writes:
>In article <3546@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>, tim@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Timothy L. Kay) writes:
>> 
>BUT, Pixar's position certainly leaves one with the *impression* that the
>$2K Amiga can do the same job as their $$$$K machine, else why would they
>be unhappy about it?  That's what makes this whole incident so ludicrous!
>
Discaimer:  I do not represent Pixar, but in my opinion.....

Pixar simply does not want their promotional material copied by others
and shown at international conventions to thousands of their competitors.
If Leo had kept his copy at home and showed it to friends there wouldn't
have been a problem.  The truth is, it was shown at the largest computer
grapics convention in the world, and used to promote something other
than Pixar.  This is CLEARLY a copywrite infringement, and Pixar has
shown remarkable restraint for not hauling those responsible into court.

What Leo did is tantamount to:

	1.  Burger King getting some clown with the legal name
	    Ronald McDonald to hawk their hamburgers.
	2.  CBS using a peacock as a logo.
	3.  Disney using the road runner to promote Disney World.
	4.  and so on ....


>This posting is:
>
>(c) Copyright 1987 Kim E. DeVaughn, Sunnyvale, CA.  All rights reserved.
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>it in any form whatsoever, provided that: this notice is retained intact,
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