Mickey Hates Downloaders.
Mickey Hates Downloaders.
Apr 13While we’re on the subject of the paranoid folk at Disney, it should shock maybe a few that the corporate monolith soon to consume the souls of every living being on the planet (and I LIKE Disney) hates illegal downloading.
So much so, in fact, that they used the occasion of a random episode of their series The Proud Family to send a “Stealing music is BAD!” message to all the impressionable kids out there. See, there’s this program called EZ Jackster (ooh, clever!) and kids use it to get music, but it’s free, but it’s stealing, and blah blah blah. The evil kid who turns the good kid onto the program even has a line like, “I know you are afraid I am trying to show you a world without rules.” To which the good kid of course replies, “Yes I AM! Kids need rules. And rich music artists like Metallica need more cash to wipe their ass with.”
I can only assume that this went into production during Eisner’s reign of terror, and that Bob Iger wouldn’t be caught dead sending such a message, since he’s betting the farm that today’s kids want to buy his shit off iTunes.
WikiWikiWhack: The Walt Disney Company, Robert Iger
