Fake Chinese Disney Characters Destroyed

May 11th, 2007 | Category: Uncategorized

Just one day after I wrote my screed asking whether we should all pirate Olympic merchandise in protest by China’s massive, sustained theft of global intellectual property, China has ordered Beijing’s fake Disneyland, called Shijingshan Amusement Park, to smash it’s Disney characters. Under pressure from Disney, workers TOOK SLEDGEHAMMERS TO SLEEPING BEAUTY, and presumably will

discontinue the use of fake Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Pluto, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves — and even Japan’s Hello Kitty and Doraemon characters. The move is consistent with China’s normal approach to IP enforcement, which is to take limited, specific action only when massive worldly condemnation shames them into doing so.

Original post by Mike

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