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stationmasterCharter Member · 973 postsFeb 20, 2005 8:43 PM

Isn't it about time we just deported the focus groups that gave
us "New Coke"? They would not be missed - really.http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/02172005_ent_loonatics.htmlRon
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JonatanCharter Member · 2668 postsFeb 20, 2005 11:09 PM

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I know... it sucks.../JonatanSteam rules!
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PoltergeistMember since Aug-8-02 · 1837 postsFeb 20, 2005 11:43 PM

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Comon don't mess with the classics! I grew up watching these characters, don't change them!

Sean Summer AKA Poltergeist
"The voices, the voices, I hear them, they're with me, so I follow I follow..." ~Eminem's "Guilty Conscious"

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P42number1Member since Apr-16-03 · 575 postsFeb 21, 2005 12:07 AM

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Heh, leave it to Channel 6 to have the headline "If it ain't broke..."(If you live(d) in Philadelphia, you should get it )

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LRC_lover_9thMember since Jul-19-04 · 297 postsFeb 23, 2005 10:21 PM

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>Comon don't mess with the classics! I grew up watching
>these characters, don't change them!Maybe we should tell that to BNSF for killing the circle-and-cross! But these new characters look awful.-Andy the LRC lover
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PoltergeistMember since Aug-8-02 · 1837 postsFeb 23, 2005 11:06 PM

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>>Comon don't mess with the classics! I grew up watching
>>these characters, don't change them!
>
>Maybe we should tell that to BNSF for killing the
>circle-and-cross! But these new characters look awful. I grew up with the SR. But yea, it did suck when they killed the BNSF circle and cross.

Sean Summer AKA Poltergeist
"The voices, the voices, I hear them, they're with me, so I follow I follow..." ~Eminem's "Guilty Conscious"

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JohnNetzlofMember since Apr-8-03 · 1376 postsFeb 21, 2005 3:17 AM

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"Buzz Bunny" looks like a picture you're going to find in the new Type O Negative album due out whenever Steele get's better.

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Gixxer86gCharter Member · 1899 postsFeb 21, 2005 8:43 AM

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Hmmm....I remember a Simpsons episode that addresses this subject.

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Erick_CantuMember since Jun-19-04 · 726 postsFeb 22, 2005 1:55 AM

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That looks gay. No, it looks uber-gay. Warner is making over Looney Tunes characters – image 15 "The F59PHI and Genesis are the lamest excuses for locomotives Amtrak has ever operated - accept it and move on. Hug an F40 before it's too late!"

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riograndedudeCharter Member · 966 postsFeb 22, 2005 11:09 PM

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anyone seen speedy gonazales around lately?"NO MORE MISTER NICE GUY!!!!"
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muskokaandtahoeMember since Apr-8-03 · 729 postsFeb 23, 2005 4:28 PM

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This is an excellent example of why copyright law is totally screwed right now. The law that was in place when these characters were first created provided protection for 28 years, plus a single 28 year extention if requested. That would mean these characters would be moving into the public domain right about now. BTW, fully 85% of all copyrighted works (over 90% for written works) did not request the extension.The purpose of having stuff move into the public domain was in part to let old stuff get reused by whomever wanted it and in part to incite the owner to create something new insterad of recycling old stuff.Instead of that what we have today is a system where copyright holds for darn near 100 years and owners have no incentive whatsoever to actually create anything new. OTOH the have a huge incentive to extend and derive from the original, no matter how lame, because they can. Further, the law locks up a huge amount of creative works as copyright-orphans: works under protection (for decades more) who have no known owner yet cannot be made use of by the public.We got into thisa mess with thanks to the Disney Corp. who, having failed to create anything new for 20+ years, realized that when Micky Mouse was about to enter the public domain that they had better bribe, ahh, persuade the Congress to change the law in order to save their bacon. A decade later the eminent legal authority Sony Bono, R. California, in the belief that copyright should be forever, changed it again.Final thought: consider that life saving drugs have patent protection for about 20 years (and that's from discovery not first sale to doctors, which may be 7-10 years later). Yet a photograph of a bug is protected for the life of the photographer plus 75 years. Is a photo of a bug deserving 5 times the protection? I sure don't think so.We have a fiasco on our hands right now and the latest examples are these Looney Tunes.Dave Nelson, SLW Designer, Cal-P Route Warner is making over Looney Tunes characters – image 19

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stationmasterCharter Member · 973 postsFeb 24, 2005 3:41 PM

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I think the the Bono Act passed because there was no lobby to defend the benefits of public domain. Unfortunately, the Supreme court upheld the act in Eldredge vs. Ashcroft. I've heard there is a new legal challenge, but I'm not clear on how it differs from the Eldredge case.

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muskokaandtahoeMember since Apr-8-03 · 729 postsFeb 24, 2005 5:52 PM

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Yeah, the Eldridge case was a real blow. Reading Justice Bryer's dissent really brought home to me how foolish the law is. But stupidity was not unconstitutional according to the majority opinion.The latest news is that the Copyright Office has opened up to public inputs the question of how to deal with orphan works. You can follow the issues at http://eldred.cc/ and IIRC there is a link there to the Copyright Office's own concerns about orphan works.Dave Nelson, SLW Designer, Cal-P Route Warner is making over Looney Tunes characters – image 23

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jay611Charter Member · 733 postsFeb 23, 2005 11:15 PM

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That bugs is fugly!Jason Underwood
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shadowr434Charter Member · 847 postsFeb 27, 2005 3:26 PM

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Its truly sad that they are attempting to do this.

Frank Roberts
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wctransferMember since Jan-1-05 · 178 postsMar 2, 2005 2:56 AM

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WTF? I watch Boomerang( Direct TV ) and watch the old cartoons all the time, especialy if i just woke up and start my day slow, i just pop on the cartoons. What they have done with all the older cartoons is sickening, but this is the worst yet. Why ruin something that people have liked for over 50 years. Alec

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