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I just commented on http://boingboing.net/ as a site. I've also commented on logoed (for those not as up on it, logoed means 'something with a logo on it'. I could have said that, but logoed sounds so much more hip, and everybody that knows me knows I need all the help I can get with hip) surgical masks showing up in Hong Kong due to the SARS problem.

Well, Boing Boing pointed out yet another story about that (I also got the first one from it) and it points to another side of the story.

I've been to Hong Kong before, and I know how commen ripping off copyright and trademark is there. And that seems to be the trend there... Disney isn't really selling Winnie the Poo masks, and they aren't happy that you can get them and get your covered mug put up on a web page.

I've had two people give me positive and negative spins on this, and I find it interesting. Think I'll watch this trend. Given the global nature of human life these days, you may be getting your mask from the local 7-11 soon.