Deborah, hope to be able to add your pictures to the photo album soon. I
think this will be a fun addition to Kids Corner. I know my nephew ''Little
Foot'' was absolutely thrilled to see his picture on the website!!

You are correct about our decision NOT to attempt to use Pooh to illustrate
our forthcoming letterbox instruction pages for Kids Corner. You will notice
that I have not, however, erased the Pooh picture on the first page of the
Kids Corner section. Since so many people agreed that Pooh and his
'expetitions' tied in so nicely with our hobby, for now I have left this
single picture in place. In addition, I have referenced the Winnie the Pooh
book, and added some short exerpts from it. I am open to other's opinions on
this matter, but it is my understanding that such minute exerpts and
references (especially when associated with a not-for-profit, educational
project such as this one) qualify as "fair use", as long as proper credit is
given. From what I have read, the Pooh publishers are relatively accepting of
this type of usage.

My plan, at this point, is to lead in with this Pooh reference, and then
illustrate the rest of the site with original art and/or photos of real kids
making letterboxes and hunting for them.

Sincerely,
''Der Mad Stamper''

MixtMedia@aol.com writes:

> I took a peek also at the Kid's Corner photo album!
> Very nicely done! (I would have sworn that you had
> black hair, Mitch! Go figure!)
> Soon as I _find_ those pictures I'll get 'em in.....
>
> On another Kid's Corner note, I think I know that we
> ultimately decided on copyright free clip or original art,
> but in case anyone (besides me) is interested, the new
> Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of October
> 1998 effectively quashes any notion of anyone using
> original Winnie the Pooh illustrations anytime soon.
> I had written once upon a time that the copyright
> was due to expire fairly soon, but the new law means
> that it won't expire until sometime in the year
> 2021 or so.... Normally this wouldn't bother me so much,
> but Disney already gets a big bite of my buck.
> Deborah
>

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