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Disney’s already feeling the heat over the Pooh rights imbroglio, and they’ve always been, ah, zealous in protecting their Mickey Mouse copyright (suing the snot out of day care centers with unauthorized wall decor, and twisting arms on Capital Hill to get copyrights extended again and again).<\/p>\n