Re: Some Thoughts on Copyright Term

On 11/11/98, Benedict A. Monachino <bam[_at_]p-a.com> wrote:
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> I'm sure some day a hundred years from now, The Lion King (one of
> Disney's few original tales) will be considered a "classic."

Well, Osuma Tesuka's original version "Kimba the White Lion" ("Jungle Tataei" in its 1950-54 comicbook serialisation) is already considered a classic. In truth there is almost nothing original about "The Lion King".

Interestingly, Disney has deliberately manipulated the availability of much of the finest Japanese Animation -- AFAIK they hold the US Rights to almost all of the animator/director Hayao Miyazaki's work, and have yet to distribute any of it -- but then, what else should we expect from the bloated corporate spawn of a nazi-loving corpsicle?

CYa,
JEREMY Jeremy G. Byrne
<jeremy[_at_]iz.org> Received on Thu Nov 12 1998 - 13:38:29 GMT