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From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: BOYCOTT APPLE
Message-ID: <1786@sugar.UUCP>
Date: 31 Mar 88 13:49:44 GMT
References: <292@unicom.UUCP> <2620@pdn.UUCP> <1513@looking.UUCP>
Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX
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Keywords: Microsoft, HP New Wave, Xerox, Lawsuit

In article <1513@looking.UUCP>, brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) writes:
> But look at other industries.  I can't publish a comic book about a man
> who flies, is super strong and can see through walls.  It doesn't
> matter what my character's origin is, or what the plots of the stories
> are.  That same law might well apply in other cases.

Sure you can. There are two major players in the comics game, plus a bunch
of smaller companies. They all have Superman-like characters, though most
of them aren't nearly as powerful... Supes gets a lot of criticism on these
grounds. In fact DC recently toned down his powers and made him much more
like the other guys' characters.
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