“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 )
Okay, that was bizarre. If I end up dreaming about George Washington's 39 d*cks tonight I'm gonna be really disturbed.
ReplyDeleteEvery flippin' time I hear this song, it gets stuck in my head. Grrarrggh!
ReplyDeleteI present President Lincoln back from the dead and shooting Batman in the chest as a rebuttal - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDygRL9Yurg&search=ultimate%20showdown
Awesome. And of course I'll have dreams of Mr. Rogers with a machete, but it's not like that's something new...
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