On 15 Jan 97, Mike Muckinhaupt wrote to John Giannini:
MM> YOU ARE ALLOWED to resell items that you do buy on your own! Just take a
MM> look at Tickle Me Elmo. I know people who went wild with buying those,
MM> and they resold them for hundreds of dollars here!! I really do not know
MM> where Kit is getting the opinions from....
I do not know either. The thing is, I *KNOW* not everyone in the universe is
an expert on copyright law. It is not Kit's lack of knowledge that bothers
me, because frankly, most people do not know the details of copyright law.
Not knowing something is not a sin in and of itself. No one can know
everything.
What really frustrates me is Kit's attitude when someone steps in and does
offer correct information to him.
There are always two ways one can react when one is corrected on something.
One can accept the new knowledge and be excited that they had an opportunity
to learn something new, or they can cling to the old, wrong knowledge they
had and resent the offer of new knowledge. Usually people in this second
group do what they do becuase of 3 possible reaosns. They have too much
pride, or they simply find it difficult to admit when they are wrong, or they
have low self esteem and take the attempt to correct their knowledge as an
attack upon them personally. I don't exactly know which of these 3
explanations is the correct one for Kit, but I am sure at least one of them
is.
MM> This is where I had to reply to this! I have seen ads in the paper
here
MM> people resell brand new computers!! Still in box unopened! I have to
MM> agree with John here...
Thank you Mike for the support. I do appreciate it. A few other people have
also posted messages in the last few days also disclosing to Kit that he is
incorrect. Let's hope he learns from these folks, or calls Disney himself.
I worry about his dissemination of erroneous information.
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