“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 )
So it is ALL over the web already, but Apple’s new iPod does video, and the new iTunes allows purchase of videos; here is a shot of ABC’s LOST for a buck-ninety-nine. Holy COW is that cool or what? Here’s a link to Jobs’ keynote address covering the other announced products.
But, but... you "love apple!"
ReplyDeleteYou can also go buy a 4GB hard disk for the PSP, provided you're willing to pay nearly the same as the unit itself. Or you can drop a couple of Franklins on a big memory stick; up to 2GB now, right? That gets you to about the same price as the iPod, doesn't it? I mean the 60GB one, not the 30.
I probably won't buy one, since I am getting along nicely with my iPod shuffle for songs, and my iBook for video; though I must admit to wanting a new iBook; my current one is long in the tooth, and is beginning to go senile. Either way, I think my 12" iBook screen is better than an iPod or a PSP's screen.
ReplyDeleteIt's also worth nothing that I've only got 20GB of storage on my iBook and 40GB on my home desktop machine, so I don't even have much room to swap music and video around in.