To Sue's concern over poaching: The problem becomes even more incidious when the image being poached is something that has a greater resonance and potential for cultural comment. An artist wishing to critique the feel-good mythologizing that's implicit in Disney's vision of America can be prevented from incorporating Mickey or another image--images which have a closely knit relationship with American culture--into a work. For more on the legal discourse surrounding the ownership of images see Jane Gaines's new book.