Comments on: Fake Mickey Mouse statues at the Beijing Olympics

By: ril

ril — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:02:19 +0000

Well, it’s just tit for tat.

By: Games of the Olympics « Misanthropic Me

Games of the Olympics « Misanthropic Me — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:15:26 +0000

[...] all Han Chinese. 10. More of the same depressing information here. 11. I’m a hater of The Mouse, and of the Walt Disney Company, but let’s face it – anyone who says “They have square [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:21:26 +0000

I had heard somewhere that Mickey had been released into public domain at some point, does anyone know if that’s true and/or relevant?

By: Fake Mickey Mouse Joins the Olympics - Thomas Crampton

Fake Mickey Mouse Joins the Olympics - Thomas Crampton — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:27:07 +0000

[...] Forget the athletes, Japanese media has been going heavy on the appearance of fake Mickey Mouse at the Olympics. [...]

By: Colin

Colin — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:41:58 +0000

I couldve made a better rat athlete dude

By: illusion

illusion — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:09:49 +0000

They did rip off the lion king…

http://www.kimbawlion.com/rant2.htm

By: Mister M

Mister M — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:44:07 +0000

The Chinese government does not respect anyone this world. Who can remember when the Chinese government banned Japanese Animes during the first hour of the day just to feed their pride by telling her people that Chinese animes are the best? It was very sad for those like that boy at youtube who love Doraemon to see such ridiculous move by their corrupt government.

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:04:25 +0000

This isn’t about the legality of the action – It’s about the lack of creativity on China’s behalf. With 1/6 of the entire world living within their borders, you’d think they could find someone to create an original-looking character.

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:02:19 +0000

They didn’t “rip off” those stories – They produced an animated feature of old folk-tales under no copyright. Same deal with Beowulf, any Arthurian legend, Robin Hood, anything involving Greek Gods, etc.

Their interpretation of the characters in animated form is IP. The story itself is not.

By: morningstar

morningstar — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:27:50 +0000

US lawyers will be busy. Also entertaining , amusing,and fun.

By: Dr. Pepsi

Dr. Pepsi — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:07:22 +0000

Good luck suing China.

By: DrLazarus

DrLazarus — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:17:08 +0000

Why is it all about Mickey Mouse? They look much more like MIGHTY MOUSE.
http://www.gavinshearer.com/photos/weblog/2005_08_09_mightymouse.jpg
Which makes much more sense, since Mighty Mouse would be great at sports.

By: Namdnal Siroj

Namdnal Siroj — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:12:07 +0000

Very uninformed.

This isn’t meant to be a mouse but a rat.
2008 in Chinese astrology is the Year of the Rat, you see rat-statues on the streets everywhere.
The holes in the ears are meant to make the ears look like old Chinese coins, which are a symbol of good luck.

By: Dangomushi

Dangomushi — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:01:25 +0000

It’s odd… if this were done by some New York or Tokyo based artist as some kind of “modern art” satire piece with some tactfully crafted “artist’s statement” it would likely be well received by the art crowd and hipsters… however, since it’s Chinese people who made this we jump straight to the whole “tacky rip-off” conclusion/condemnation.

As far as how I feel on this… Who cares if it resembles Mickey Mouse to some degree? Do we really need to give a rat’s ass about this kind of intellectual property violation? As someone else here mentioned… Mickey Mouse has long since passed the point that it should be considered public domain and everyone’s property!

By: oligore

oligore — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:33:27 +0000

They are supposed to represent Chinese coins

By: MLG

MLG — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:46:41 +0000

The Chinese people love Rats, they eat them all of the time.

What we didn’t hear:
Say its Mickey Mouse or you go to Jail!!!
“It is certainly Mickey Mouse”

By: kabocha5000

kabocha5000 — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:56:05 +0000

Here I come to save the daayyy!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:17:32 +0000

Spot on. Does Chinese copyright law even cover Mickey Mouse any more? I don’t see any trademark infringing going on here, so what is the problem?

By: Oops

Oops — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:57:11 +0000

Just because it’s a mouse doesn’t mean it’s Mickey Mouse? Honestly, it looks a lot more like Mighty Mouse to me; even the color scheme is similar. For anyone who knows who that is, congratz XD.

Besides, nearly anything can be seen as a copy/rip-off of something else.

By: kabocha5000

kabocha5000 — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:50:55 +0000

I’m not comfortable with the square holes in his ears. Are they supposed to be piercings? Or did he have a mishap with a cookie cutter?

By: flonk

flonk — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:53:08 +0000

everyone should steal from Disney, or better yet just ignore them and make your own culture instead of sucking down their homogenized tripe. mmm. tripe.

By: morningstar

morningstar — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:26:24 +0000

I wonder if Disneyland corpoation knew about the Mickey Mouse Chinese used . If not i hope Disney corporation will punish China for their idea.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:13:04 +0000

I seem to remember Disney doing a great job of ripping off many other ideas as well: Little Mermaid Beauty and the Beast Sleeping Beauty ... etc.

By: Rip

Rip — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:07:43 +0000

Oh ok thanks for pointing this out, considering this is about China and not Japan.

By: Dewi Morgan

Dewi Morgan — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:58:54 +0000

Sad thing is, people seem to think any anthropomorphic mouse is Mickey.

Disney’s lawyers *love* that idea.

By: LOD

LOD — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:15:40 +0000

Nara Dreamland lacked the mouse, though.

That’s not to say they have never done the same:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHFmwbnweR8

By: Sugee » Mickey Mouse en China

Sugee » Mickey Mouse en China — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:47:32 +0000

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By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:32:27 +0000

I like international IP law and Disney’s hamhanded history of enforcing its IP even less than China’s history of theft.

So in this battle of doucheness, I declare China the least douche-baggy.

By: James

James — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:27:42 +0000

who cares?
all things disney are made in china, so china has the right to make what they want to make

By: RHG

RHG — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:10:12 +0000

So who cares anyway, except Disney Corp? MM has been around since the 1930’s and ought to be considered in the public domain for purposes such as this. If it weren’t such a bad copy without square ear holes, maybe a case could be made. But I would venture that this is free advertising for Disney Corp. So what will the Great Disney Corp. do, anyway? Why, of course… What any self-respecting cartoon giant would do… Litigate. Sue those commie capitalists for copyright infringement!

RHG

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Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:43:58 +0000

[...] To promote the Beijing Olympics, a city in China has erected several statues depicting a cartoony athlete mouse with curious square holes punched in its ears. Here’s the YouTube video. [...]

By: ZoneDaiatlas

ZoneDaiatlas — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:27:53 +0000

The Chinese Government went after some companies for stealing their IP’s but really don’t give a damn when comes to there people’s IP’s. There was some articles I’ve read which you would have to google to find them.

By: troopseses

troopseses — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:31:09 +0000

and as if japan’s never done the same
http://thedisneylandexpert.blogspot.com/2007/03/fake-disneyland.html

By: troopseses

troopseses — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:18:43 +0000

i don’t get the problem. So they created a mickey mouse like char and people who’s see’s it obviously comes to a quick conclusion that it is MM, so what?

By: littleoslo

littleoslo — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:58:47 +0000

it is tastelessly ugly!!! the mickey mouse itself is ugly enough but this is even worse!!

By: Vonskippy

Vonskippy — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:50:44 +0000

Huh?

What IP did China invent/create that ANYONE else in the world stole?

By: Fake Mickey Mouse statues at the Beijing Olympics | MashTopic

Fake Mickey Mouse statues at the Beijing Olympics | MashTopic — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:30:55 +0000

[...] To promote the Beijing Olympics, a city in China has erected several statues depicting a cartoony athlete mouse with curious square holes punched in its ears. Here’s the YouTube video. [...]

By: Fake Mickey Mouse statues at the Beijing Olympics

Fake Mickey Mouse statues at the Beijing Olympics — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:23:26 +0000

[...] To promote the Beijing Olympics, a city in China has erected several statues depicting a cartoony athlete mouse with curious square holes punched in its ears. Here’s the YouTube video. [...]

By: 404error

404error — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:51:33 +0000

they look damn ugly… like some nightmare mickey mouse…

By: menrui

menrui — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:01:21 +0000

there are plenty of mouse or characters with that same round, big ear form; mighty mouse and jerry… thats all I can remember. I think, what really seperates this statue is his long, pointed nose shape, and also, mickey was short and fat. This dude appears to be athletic haha.

By: Lord Huggington

Lord Huggington — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:52:35 +0000

You’d think it wouldn’t be hard to make some random athletic animals for statues instead of just copying Mickey Mouse, but here we are. :p

By: edwardhasnewgoggles

edwardhasnewgoggles — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:35:24 +0000

The statues are fugs anyway…I’m surprised someone even paid for them.

By: helical

helical — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:09:49 +0000

For the survey, I’m torn between answering “Yes” since if I did have to choose what it looked like, it would be Mickey Mouse, and “No” since if it was supposed to be a copy, then it’s a piss-poor copy.

By: ZoneDaiatlas

ZoneDaiatlas — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:41:07 +0000

Communist China, repsect our Intellectual property but we won’t respect your Intellectual property…

By: ZoneDaiatlas

ZoneDaiatlas — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:38:28 +0000

Communist China, respect our Intellectual property but we won’t respect your Intellectual property…