DR> When it comes to their film library, Disney is *very very* protective!
 DR> I would try everything you can to borrow a film from a friend, a
 DR> homeschooler's association library, a public library, or perhaps if
 DR> you have a teacher friend in a public school s/he can borrow a video
 DR> from the district. At last resort, you can watch for given shows on
 DR> The Disney Channel. You may tape them with your VCR and then watch
 DR> them when they are appropriate to your curriculum. But then you are
 DR> supposed to erase them or tape over them! (Disney Channel used to be
 DR> very detailed in their channel magazine, putting down even the little
 DR> 'shorts' that they were going to show.
 DR> Unfortunately, they stopped. Someone
 DR> told me that they did that because their stuff was getting taped and
 DR> never erased, which of course is in violation of copyright. Of course
 DR> I'm also pretty sure that many of us are not that perfect when it
 DR> comes to copyright. Grin.) 
 (scoff)  I had a few movies that were illegally taped that were
 accidentally ruined by a friend who needed to borrow a few blank tapes
 and my daughter handed them over w/o my permission.  Oh, well.  But
 what's to stop me from taping stuff off the Disney Channel?  I don't get
 it.  They, like anyone else, can only restrict SO much!  :(
 
 DR> Disney is also fussy when it comes to the copyrights on their
 DR> characters. If a teacher or homeschooler buys the decorator package
 DR> containing the character from a store and displays it, that's fine.
 DR> But there is not supposed to be copying involved. A preschool in
 DR> Florida painted Disney figures on their walls - Disney insisted that
 DR> they paint over them or pay them royalties to use the figures.
 DR> (Painting was cheaper.) One time I copied a few Disney figures using
 DR> an opaque projector, and my principal told me I couldn't use them in
 DR> the classroom. 
 I'd like to see Disney go into a few bedrooms I've seen.  The mothers
 have actually taken out the time to paint Disney characters onto
 their childrens' bedroom walls!  Makes me giggle 'cos they can't
 copyright everything!  ;)  I KNOW what you mean, but somehow it still
 tickles me!
                                    
... "It's kind of fun to do the impossible." - Walt Disney
                                                   ^
 Is THIS tagline copyrighted???  (SEG)
 Chris
 
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