For awhile anyway.
And, yeah, I do have some concerns. Mainly that Michael J. Fox’s new show is going to make me cry too much (for him) while I laugh.
And, just between us, I was one of the writers of the original version of IRONSIDE, and this ain’t IRONSIDE. It’s more LUTHER IN A WHEELCHAIR. (Which, come to think of it, could be better.)
There Are No Easy Answers Dept:
Telecoms regulator Ofcom has just published a study into the state of online copyright infringement in the UK, with some very interesting conclusions. The researchers found that 10% of the country’s most prolific infringers are responsible for almost 80% of all infringements carried out online, but with a bonus. These plus an additional 10% of infringers spend 300% more than ‘honest’ consumers who don’t infringe copyright at all.
Early 2012 UK telecoms regulator Ofcom commissioned research designed to track consumer behavior and attitudes towards the legal and illegal consumption of copyrighted material.
Matt Smith’s Alma Mater, the University of East Anglia, says HiUm, do you suppose that they think he really is a Time Lord?
Now that would be cool.
…which seems odd because TV and film writers don’t own the copyright to their work. Looks to us like their lawyers are trying to collect more than the statutory plagiarism damages via this route. Wonder if it’ll fly…
by Lucas Shaw“G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra” script co-writers David Elliot and Paul Lovett have sued Paramount, Hasbro, MGM and producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, seeking $23 million for copyright infringement. In the suit, filed in California federal court May 3, the writers allege that the studios and producers stole many of their ideas for the sequel to “Cobra,” “G.I. Joe: Retaliation.”
That film, which opened March 28, has grossed $355 million at the worldwide box office. The defendants have engaged Elliot and Lovett to contribute to the sequel, assuring they would get the job if their work was satisfactory. The studios and producers did not hire Elliott or Lovett, but in a 113-page suit, the writers detail all of the ways in which they feel their work was used without any credit.
So there’s this site called We Are the Rising Tide.Com which has as its raison d’etre the idea that there really is an organization called S.H.I.E.L.D. that uses superheroes reputed to be fictional to save us from supervillains and other threats also believed to be fictional and that…well, hell, just CHECK IT OUT.
