“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 )
you are SO not paying attention on tribe, these days.
ReplyDeleteThis is SO last month: http://pennsylvania.tribe.net/thread/0172bb97-c2b2-42be-adfb-6de1198c4fe8?tribeid=64752d58-ad50-42e8-82f7-da57a67055e9&r=10424
Nevertheless, interesting.
I have had a couple times where I've misstepped and lost track of which threads I've seen and which ones I've not. Without the "new" header or the orange asterisks, I can't keep track'a where I've left off.
ReplyDeleteBut, technically speaking, it's way past "last month," since it was launched in 2003.
Funny that you and Uncle Warren both hooked on the Nyman one.
It was the most interesting.
ReplyDeleteThe kazoo version and the spaghetti western versions are also great.
Ooh. Yes, those are nice.
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