I seem to remember prodigy sayingthat he adopted the sock source pic from someone else, with their permission. I'd say in any case that the idea of a sock glove puppet is not new, and is in the public domain.
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mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ,
Sat 29 Jan 2011, 15:40,
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