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Librarians Against Mickey
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posted by mpawlo
on Thursday June 03, @12:01PM
from the lessig's-dream-come-true dept.
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What would the American Library Association devote its talents to, should professor Lessig conduct its movements? Probably something like this.
An activist group of librarians will during the 2004 ALA Annual Conference in Orlando (taking place in late June) try to draw attention to the problems and contradictions of the "world-renowned Disney principles" of "Service Disney Style", meaning:
- Disney's prevention of its subsidiary Miramax from distributing Michael Moore's Palme d'Or winning documentary Fahrenheit 9/11.
- Preventing poor Mickey from entering the public domain by "influencing" Congress to extending corporate copyright protection AGAIN. Is that any way to treat a senior citizen?
- The notion that libraries should adopt a corporate model for "serving" their "customers."
Feel like joining? Book Saturday, June 26, 8:45 - 9:15am in your calendar. Service Disney Style" will be taking place at the Convention Center Auditiorium, outside Room 320. Larry will be there. At least in spirit. Mickey? I doubt it. How can you be there "in spirit" if you do not have any soul?
Read more at the activist home page.
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