Freeing Mickey

When we talked about Mickey and his copyright protection being removed, I didn't think too much of it because he is a huge icon but to me he's just a cartoon. I was in the middle on if it will be a good or bad thing when his copyright protection is removed but after seeing a South Park episode with Mickey in it I changed my mind. It will definitely be a bad thing for younger children because Mickey does not have to be all innocent and happy anymore, and he could be an overpowering Boss that controls the Jonas Brothers and sells sex to little girls! At least that was Mickey's role in the South Park episode, where he also swore and threatened to beat up the Jonas Brothers if they did not meet his demands. I found this portrayal of Mickey very funny, but if younger children saw this after a trip to Disney World they would be appalled.
This episode was very entertaining, therefore I believe other alterations of Mickey might make some profit. Mickey can literally play any role when his copyright protection is removed and I believe this alone will make money. Mickey stoned, Mickey drunk, Mickey in a gang, Mickey choosing political sides, Mickey as a hippy, all these new identities are hard to imagine now but when they come out on television, youtube, and maybe even advertisements who knows how much money this will bring it.

Micro #3

So initially when the class went up to the computer lab to play around with the cicada page that resembled Wikipedia, I had a difficult time editing it. Most of our classroom was battling to make changes on the page, and after I had made mine it didn't matter because it was edited again immediately after. I tried to edit the book titles for our class by including information about Amy Shuen and Tapscott and Williams but after I clicked to edit, it did not go through. I saw to my left the other groups doing the same thing, and I asked them if they were having a hard time too and they agreed. I just think that because a number of people were on the same page at the same time the edits were not going through.
A week later I went back on the page and had no problem editing. I did some sentence changing and rearranging in the same area that I had tried before and the editing when straight through. It was very easy for my edit to be posted because I doubt that anyone in our class was on the page at the same time. This tool was interesting to work with and it reminded me of other sites that tend to slow down or not function when too many users are trying to accomplish the same thing. It's cool to think that I have the power to change a website though. Before this class I had no idea that Wikipedia had this option, and it makes me feel like my knowledge is of some importance.