Wednesday, May 07, 2003

Copyrighting and merchandising Brit bears   Boing Boing (possibly my favorite blog, if perhaps least enlightening) points to an odd story on Sci-Fi.com about a dispute between Disney, the heirs of A.A. Milne and a third company holding rights to Winnie-the-Pooh. Cory Doctorow suggests that it's hard to pick a horse in this one, and judging from the info in the quoted story, it might be. But.... I found this AP wire story that both muddies the water a bit, but makes Disney more villainous (if you ask me). The evil here is definitely in the never-ending copyright. This doesn't benefit writers and other creators. It certainly doesn't benefit readers and researchers. It only benefits giant corporations that don't ever die. 11:15:39 PM

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More tributes to Walter Sisulu Walter Sisulu will receive a not-quite-state funeral in South Africa May 17.   Here is another tribute from the Durban Daily News.    Here's the official ANC Statement   I also liked this from the Daily Nation in Kenya, for remembering the other fighters of Sisulu's generation.     10:57:51 PM

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