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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