Donald Duck in a Scrap: Walt Disney...

Donald Duck in a Scrap: Walt Disney Co. has told a New Zealand country town to scrub Pluto and Donald Duck off the walls of its public toilets because the mural breaches copyright laws. Disney Australia complained after seeing a newspaper photograph of the mural in the sleepy town of Featherston, 40 miles northeast of Wellington, the capital. John Garrity, mayor of the South Wairarapa district, described the request as “Mickey Mouse” and accused the Burbank-based firm of using a hammer to crush a gnat. “I’m sure there are millions of times when Goofy, Mickey Mouse and Pluto appear in publications or as characters in street parades without any concern over copyright,” he said.