Disney goes (toward) open source: How would Mickey look with webbed feet?

Next big thing. Podtones! Advertisers will be doing ringcasts and it will start a new ad craze. You will be on the bus (eventually) and you'll be forced to listen to Steve Jobs talking about how great these things are and why you need to buy one.

Every place you go will have podads. The subway will have podads, the park will be full the sounds of nature selling bug repellent and cola. People will force you to listen to their podad in elevators, supermarkets and in the mall. There will be no escape.

"Disney goes open source"? No it doesn't. This falls far short of anything remotely resembling open source software, or creative commons content, or any other term. Here's a quote from the cnet article you link to:
"Zazzle's Disney boutique, which can be accessed via disneyshopping.com and disneyinkshop.com, allows consumers to select a Disney character, T-shirt style and color and to add a name or phrase from an approved list."
That's a long way from open source - although it may be a difficult step for Disney.

Disney appears to pursuing this sort of deal more agressively than in the past. They recently did a character-licensing deal with Petaluma, CA-based PhotoTLC, as well.

Andrew, good point. Though I mentioned the caveats in the post, the headline was misleading. I've inserted a (toward). Thanks. Steve

Nice post, recently i bought beautiful Chanel Cheetah Girls Singing Concert Doll from DisneyShopping store at couponalbum.com and got good discount also..