“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 )
Capt'n! The links bad! We can't see the Finnish music video!
ReplyDeleteScotty, it's fixed! Now I need full impulse power!
ReplyDelete(stunned silence)
ReplyDeleteYessss... Yesssssss... Let your hatred^H^H^H^H^H^H confusion swell within you.
ReplyDeleteGod, is that awful. Really, truly, deeply, profoundly, awful. I'm considering forwarding it to my dance troupe as a reminder of what we are NOT going to do in our next show.
ReplyDeleteThere is truly no justice in the world.