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Entries from March 30th, 2010
Technorati Claim Token
March 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Popular, Technology
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Who Owns Your Second Life?
March 27th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Copyright, Internet, Popular, Trademark
A few years ago Julian Dibbell wrote a book called Play Money — Or, How I Quit My Day Job And Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot, which detailed the year he spent trying to win a bet with himself. The bet: that he could make more money by killing trolls and demons (or making armor) [...]
Who Owns Captain America?
March 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Copyright, Popular
In January, Marvel Comics filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York seeking a declaration that all of Jack Kirby’s creations belong to Marvel under the “work -for-hire” doctrine. This month, the Kirby kids have retaliated by filing suit against Marvel and Disney in federal court in Los Angeles seeking a declaration that the [...]
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Double Falsehood Not False After All
March 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Arcana, Popular
New evidence has come to light that the 18th century play Double Falsehood — whose author famously claimed (to mixed reviews) that it was based on Shakespeare’s missing play Cardenio — actually is derived from Shakespeare’s lost work. Rumors abound that the play will be performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company when the Swan Theatre [...]
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Welcome to Wellywood?
March 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Popular, Trademark
Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, plans to pay tribute to Hollywood by putting up a gigantic Wellywood sign in the hills above the city. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce is less-than-thrilled by the idea, and considers it not so much a tribute as a gratuitous theft of goodwill. Well-known for litigiousness, the HCOC has been [...]
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