“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 )
Well, that's it - I'm buying a Super Soaker.
ReplyDeleteIf your friends see you, they will think you're trying to commit "Super Soaker Suicide."
ReplyDeleteI told a friend of mine about this and she was all like "Or you could just go to the pharmacist and buy the actual device used to clean out your ears."
ReplyDeletePfft. No poetry in her soul.