10 July 2008

Super etc, copyright and life ain't fair


Many years before Disney made Mary Poppins, Alan Holmes and His New Tones recorded Patricia Smith (a.k.a. Gloria Parker) and Don Fenton's Supercalafajalistickespeealadojus. That seems a lot like Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (the Disney title).

When Disney was sued for allegedly stealing the the earlier title, it successfully defended itself by claiming that Supercalafajalistickespeealadojus (a.k.a. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious) was a common slang word.

Yeah right!! People might think Disney won because it had lots of money.