Against Monopoly

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Monopoly corrupts. Absolute monopoly corrupts absolutely.

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Spider-Man is the New Mickey Mouse

Disney to buy Marvel Comics for $4B. Disney "will acquire ownership more than 5,000 Marvel characters." The most popular ones, such as Spider-Man (who used to be my favorite until he swooned over Obama, revealing his fascist mindset), are not that old--Spider-Man was created in 1962. One can only imagine the Disney lobbying that we can expect when Spider-Man's term nears expiration...

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[Posted at 08/31/2009 07:41 AM by Stephan Kinsella on Copyright comments(0)]

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