All - night - long
- Ars Technica: New Orphaned Works Act would limit copyright liability: Huge, important story from last week and NO MENTIONS on the New York Times or any other major news outlet. Shameful. Anyway basically there are now House and Senate bills that would limit your exposure to litigation if you make a good-faith effort to determine the status of an orphaned copyright, fail, and republish it in some form yourself. So like Amazon and Google could put up full text of every single book they’ve scanned that’s in a grey area - and Amazon could actually sell these things on Kindle and deal with rights owners in a uniform way if they pop up and demand compensation. AWESOME. Link via Louis.
- Matt Prager on the WGA strike (PDF LINK): Now this is interesting: Matt Prager asserts that spec screenplays which get bought and produced can never count as work-for-hire, and writes an essay about the consequences. You may not be interested in this, but it’s interesting. Via Lessig’s blog, where I went to check to see if he was involved in the 2008 version of the Orphaned Works Act - if he is, he’s not saying. (You know Prager works in Hollywood because his essay is set in American Typewriter.)
- Engadget: Disney/WowWee Wall-E robot: I might just have to get these for my nieces and nephews.
- Music: Kevie Kev, All Night Long (Waterbed). Old school Sugarhill classic. It’s long, really really long, six minutes long, and you have to be in the right mood, but girl, will you meet me at the waterbed tonight?
- Movies: Guy Maddin - Brand Upon The Brain! The Rapidshare links still work…
One Comment
oh man that song is so old school!! lol next time your with your special lady just pop that in the cd player! 6 mins is just enough for some people lol.