“Our legendary personalities are evergreen ‘brands’ with the benefit of worldwide recognition,” reads a message on the Richman agency’s website. Guardian UK Article *vomits* Where is the line drawn between “public figure” and “celebrity”? How can a dead person have an agent, particulary where there are no specific works concerned other than a sense of character? It’s one thing to insist that Duck Soup is a work that should be protected (which any more simply means controlled by whomever has the most buX0rs), but shouldn’t personalities and such pass into the public domain as well? ( boingboing : Bill Gates 0wns Einstein, Groucho , Freud, Asimov, Fuller, et al )
Have you heard the mash-up of "3 AM Eternal" and "Ace of Spades," though?
ReplyDeleteNo, I've not yet heard that one. Got a link to it?
ReplyDeleteIt is a shame so many mashes, the majority it seems, focus on Eminem, 50-Cent, and Brittney Spears. There are SO MANY good mash-ups out there that don't go that route.
Lately I've been enjoying the Bootle Beatlegs mashes of Monkees and Beatles, and A Night at the Hip-Hopera. There was also an originally created version of Louis Armstrong doing "Oops I Did It Again" that I blogged prior to the trip.
Lots of good stuff is there if you look. I'm a fan of mash-ups, but the signal-to-noise ratio is frequently poor.
Here's the direct link: http://gyllerfelt.se/data/Divide_&_Kreate_-_Eternal_spades.mp3
ReplyDeleteI think I came across your blog on Tribe.net a while back.
That's pretty damned cool. Thanks!
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