Daycare Centers and Ms. McKim: The Second Disney?

Yesterday in my journalism class we talked about binary models and monopolies. Although I could right entire posts about the aforementioned things, the one thing that I found interesting was conglomeration. Conglomeration is basically when a large company buys all these smaller companies. Some examples of these large companies are Time Warner and Disney. Mr. Miller talked about how Disney strictly enforces their copyrights. Apparently painting Disney characters on the side of a building is a copyright violation. I honestly think it's ridiculous. I honestly see nothing wrong with painting Mickey Mouse on your daycare center wall. I guess Disney hates when people use their content in PUBLIC because it attracts people. In that case wasn't Disney Day during red white week last year a copyright violation? There was a large number of students last year who dressed up as all sorts of Disney characters in a PUBLIC school. For example, Ms. McKim, my science teacher from freshman year went all out and dressed up as Cruella de Vil. According to Disney, I was supposed to stalk her all the way home because Cruella de Vil is a Disney character and that attracts people. Well I didn't stalk her that night. It's all pretty much harmless. It's not like Ms. McKim or that daycare center be the second Disney. Obviously if people are using Disney characters for the sole purpose of making money off them then they should be punished. A parent doesn't send a child to a daycare just because Mickey Mouse is painted on the side of the building. This is harmless use of their characters so they shouldn't be punished by Disney. So as long as the characters are used in a harmless way then Disney shouldn't get angry with the people who use their content.