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Under the radar?

2002-07-04 23:20:39+02 by Shawn 3 comments

I wonder if Disney knows that Microtel (the company that is providing Walmart PCs without an OS and with LindowsOS pre-installed) has stolen the dancing penguin animation (see the the box on the right side of the home page) from the movie Mary Poppins?

[ related topics: Intellectual Property Ethics Copyright/Trademark ]

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#Comment made: 2002-07-05 02:06:41+02 by: meuon

There is a Disney lawyer foaming at the mouth somewhere for this.. :)

#Comment made: 2002-07-05 19:20:18+02 by: TheSHAD0W [edit history]

http://www.buymicrotel.com/images/ani_penguin.gif

http://www.google.com/search?h...oe=UTF-8&q=%22ani_penguin.gif%22

#Comment made: 2002-07-05 20:05:11+02 by: meuon [edit history]

And now.. http://www.chugalug.org

can be added to the suit.

But just for a day or three...

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