Re: My Website Has Been Taken Down

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sicklittlemonkey <Nick.Westgate@gmail.com> wrote in news:

> The 116+ million yearly visitors to Disney theme parks don't share
> this lack of enthusiasm. That's where the real money is with Mickey
> Mouse & co.

That's precisely why Disney's copyright-extending schemes are so laughable. 
Given how many millions they make off the parks and from bilge like High 
School Musical XVI (or whatever number they're currently on), I kind of 
doubt they're in any danger of going under because someone puts Steamboat 
Willey on Youtube.

I was never to any of their theme parks, but my mother went to Disney World 
around 1979 or so. She said it was kind of interesting, but extremely 
expensive, not to mention standing in line for hours in Florida heat. 
Apparently the park has all it's own Disney-owned food stands (no McDonalds 
or anything) that serve things like pancakes in the shape of Mickey's face. 
Of course that was back then, but I can't imagine it's all that different 
today.

My father lived in Florida as a kid, and he remembers Disney World before 
it was built (back when the land was just a huge swamp).
 
> And you may not realise how big it is in other countries, like Japan.
> I have a Disney bank book around here somewhere.

You may not know that way back in the 1950s, long before anyone outside of 
Japan had heard of them, Nintendo made a series of Disney playing cards 
which were personally approved by Walt himself.