Disney Caves

I say– free-for-all on Disney characters. Use them in any way you want without fear of lawsuit or copyright infringement. All one needs to do is hold this incredible act of dhimmitude up to the judge and say, any lawsuit would show extreme prejudice. Bias. Yeah, victimology — make it work for you. If Disney has no problem with Islamic jihad using Mickey Mouse to teach genocide, then surely …… 
Taranto in the Opinion Journal.

Profiles in Courage
Two weeks ago we noted that Hamas was airing a TV show in which a Mickey Mouse look-alike incites Palestinian tots to become suicide bombers–thereby violating both basic standards of humanity and Disney's intellectual property. Since "world opinion" seems to have settled on the view that humanity is too much to expect from Palestinians, we urged Disney at least to enforce its property rights.

Now Robert Iger, Disney's CEO, is speaking out:

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"We didn't mobilize our forces and seek to either have the clip taken down or to make any broad public statement about it," Iger told a gathering of the Society of Business Editors and Writers at the Disneyland Hotel.

"We were appalled by the use of our character to disseminate that kind of message," he said "I think anytime any group seeks to exploit children in that manner, it's despicable."

Still, Iger said it didn't seem to make any sense for Disney to make any loud public statement at the time.

"I just didn't think it would have any effect," he said. "I think it should have been obvious how the company felt about the subject."

You'd think that Iger would be fierce as a tiger, not timid as a mouse. Not only that, but why is he quoting Daffy Duck, who works for rival Warner Bros.? Doesn't Donald have anything pithy to say?

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