“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 )
That is awesome. I'm going to start saying that all the time. "The pieces made of ham seem to test very well with this demographic." Brilliant.
ReplyDeleted00d, you gotta know it's only because it is so true that it's horrifyingly funny.
ReplyDelete"horrifyingly"... that can't be the right spelling. But it tests well with this demographic.