On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Chris Olson - SunPS wrote: >> This current SC? Not likely. It's likely that, as long as Disney >> and other corps who would benefit from copyright in perpetuity >> donate funds, copyright will be extended into perpetuity. > Oh. You mean something akin to McDonald's sueing > an Irishman who named his pub after himself (McDonald)? Actually, a Scots woman called her sandwich shop "McMunchies". (Clan Dhomhnuill, as it's spelled in the Scots Gaelic, took her side) http://www.mcspotlight.org/media/press/times_24sep96.html http://www.mcspotlight.org/media/press/herald_7oct96.html http://www.mcspotlight.org/cgi-bin/zv/media/press/telegraph_28dec96.html http://www.mcspotlight.org/media/press/clandonald_jan97.html An amusing rant: http://archive.cln.com/charlotte/newsstand/c041297/hal.htm An amusing poem: http://www.mcspotlight.org/people/interviews/ronmcd_poem_trans.html There's at least one "McDonald's Restaurant and Guest House" (and possibly other similar) in Scotland. The McDonald's Corporation is actually unlikely to sue the guy because it *is* legal to name something after your own name in the UK. http://www.macdonalds-pitlochry.co.uk/