2.) Disney does really care.  As much as you like to think they

stole
	BTW, that was SUPPOSED to say "doesn't care"

	There are things called takeoffs, and there are things called
parodies. Disney does takeoffs: these are loosely based on other

stories

and are billed as serious works (as in, productions meant to be

treated as

full works in and of themselves). Mel Brooks does parodies, which are
blatant spoofs of other works, and are not billed as serious works:

they

intentionally rip on other pieces, and are portrayed as such. There

is a

big difference in the two.

	Are you sure that there is a difference copyright-wise?

Adam Chris Leigh
Omicron@sprynet.com