dmjalund Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 1 hour ago, BoloOfEarth said: Evil Does Eventually Die: a scathing obituary. waitng for the one with Rupert Murdoch, Donald Trump or Mitch McConnell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 17 hours ago, Logan.1179 said: A rustic private island in Maine is on the market, but the owner will only sell to someone willing to stay overnight—despite perilous weather Sounds like a premise for a horror story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 2 hours ago, tkdguy said: Sounds like a premise for a horror story. Or an episode of Scooby doo tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 For only the second time, a woman (Maryna Serhiivna Viazovska), has won the Fields Medal. Hopefully she will live longer than the woman who won the first, who succumbed to breast cancer three years after winning hers. Cygnia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted July 7, 2022 Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 We are happy to report that no, sharks are not swimming in flooded Sydney train stations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 7, 2022 Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 16 minutes ago, assault said: We are happy to report that no, sharks are not swimming in flooded Sydney train stations Undoubtedly the salties have eaten them all. Lawnmower Boy, Lord Liaden and assault 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted July 7, 2022 Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 Disney in Danger of Losing Exclusive Rights to Mickey Mouse Hermit and Bazza 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 7, 2022 Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 Y'know, that very theme has been used before for the creeping and so far unlimited extension of intellectual property rights, and with it, attempted abolition of the public domain. The real creator ... Uncle Walt ... died when I was in fourth grade, 55+ years ago. I wept when I read of it then, but there's no need for the cynical, predatory corporate bloodsuckers now at the helm of the conglomerate he spawned to get to live off his genius eternally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 7, 2022 Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 2 hours ago, assault said: We are happy to report that no, sharks are not swimming in flooded Sydney train stations Gee, only had one square to go for BINGO. 😢🤪 assault 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted July 7, 2022 Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Bazza said: Gee, only had one square to go for BINGO. 😢🤪 You live in a town that has salties in the harbour, don't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 7, 2022 Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 Yes. But the harbour is huge. “The catchment of Darwin Harbour occupies a total area of approximately 3,230 square kilometres (1,247 sq mi), of this 2,010 square kilometres (776 sq mi) is land based and the other 1,220 square kilometres (471 sq mi) are estuarine areas at the high water mark.” For comparison: Rhode Island 1,034 square miles. assault 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 7, 2022 Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 But how many square kilometers is a saltwater crocodile? Meanwhile, Boris Johnson is apparently resigning. Finally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted July 7, 2022 Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 Is his hair staying on though? assault and Old Man 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted July 7, 2022 Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 Kazuki Takahashi: Yu-Gi-Oh! manga comic creator found dead in sea at 60 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted July 7, 2022 Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 James Caan, ‘The Godfather’ and ‘Misery’ Star, Dies at 82 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted July 7, 2022 Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 18 hours ago, Cygnia said: Disney in Danger of Losing Exclusive Rights to Mickey Mouse This is also the company that tried to assert they didn't have to pay royalties on properties they bought, on the worst legal argument I think I've ever heard. They'll also work really hard to limit what becomes public domain...like, it might ONLY be Steamboat Willie. The Mouse overall will be sheltered because the term for most of his appearances hasn't expired. Or something like that. I'm a fan of Dorothy Sayers and Lord Peter Wimsey, ever since I saw the BBC productions back in high school. Sayers died *65* years ago, and virtually all the series was written prior to WW II. But at this point, due to the ridiculous length of copyright, only the first three are now public domain. (A couple more do so next year.) The Hobbit doesn't go public domain for another decade. LOTR...2050. Disney's often considered the driver...and specifically for Mickey, their signature creation...of copyright extensions, so I *hope* they lose all control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted July 7, 2022 Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 2 hours ago, unclevlad said: This is also the company that tried to assert they didn't have to pay royalties on properties they bought, on the worst legal argument I think I've ever heard. They'll also work really hard to limit what becomes public domain...like, it might ONLY be Steamboat Willie. The Mouse overall will be sheltered because the term for most of his appearances hasn't expired. Or something like that. I'm a fan of Dorothy Sayers and Lord Peter Wimsey, ever since I saw the BBC productions back in high school. Sayers died *65* years ago, and virtually all the series was written prior to WW II. But at this point, due to the ridiculous length of copyright, only the first three are now public domain. (A couple more do so next year.) The Hobbit doesn't go public domain for another decade. LOTR...2050. Disney's often considered the driver...and specifically for Mickey, their signature creation...of copyright extensions, so I *hope* they lose all control. Disney will only be losing the rights to the likeness of the Steamboat Willie-era Mickey. The other iterations were copyrighted at different times, and would still be protected. I can't really see that it would hurt Disney much in the long run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 8, 2022 Report Share Posted July 8, 2022 Presented without comment Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini found not guilty in fraud trial https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62081675 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 8, 2022 Report Share Posted July 8, 2022 This whole bit with Disney fighting for perpetual copyright makes me think of the old Spider Robinson short story Melancholy Elephants. unclevlad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted July 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2022 Larry Storch Dead at 99 assault 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted July 8, 2022 Report Share Posted July 8, 2022 7 hours ago, Pariah said: This whole bit with Disney fighting for perpetual copyright makes me think of the old Spider Robinson short story Melancholy Elephants. What's frightening is to realize how much of that story may already be happening. In music: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190605-nine-most-notorious-copyright-cases-in-music-history Granted, these are cases where copyright would clearly still apply, even if the duration was rolled back. But it's the point that anything successful is a target. In TV and movies, it's the insane level of regurgitation...because, in part, it's SAFE to do that when you own the rights to the originals, I suspect. The flip side here is that Disney tried to assert that the rights were detachable at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 9, 2022 Report Share Posted July 9, 2022 Paulie Walnuts is sleeping with the fishes. Tony Sirico who played Paulie in the Sopranos dies aged 79. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-62103340 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted July 9, 2022 Report Share Posted July 9, 2022 Switzerland goes ahead with underground cargo freight system https://spectrum.ieee.org/cargo-sous-terrain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 11, 2022 Report Share Posted July 11, 2022 Monty Norman composer of the James Bond theme dead at 94 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62122982 Sue Barker who won the French Open Tennis and then went on to commentate on the BBC for 30 years has retired and was given an emotional send off. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/62116017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 The National Health Service is awarded the George Cross https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62136262 Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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