Report from meeting with Heritage Canada, Tuesday March 19

[Chris Brand]

>   In the case of Industry it is a matter of convincing them that
> public-domain and otherwise shared (Open Source where Moral Rights are
> retained, but economic monopoly privileges are released) information is
> that basic infrastructure that will mean as much to the next economy as
> transportation infrastructure meant to the old economy.

I've been thinking that there must be a good argument based on Disney's early days.
Would Disney have been as successful if he had to license
Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Pinocchio, Cinderella and Peter Pan ?

Chris

(BTW, if anyone knows how to make Outlook limit line length, I'd love to know).
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