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Monday Midday Links: It Is All Gloom and Doom (today at least)

Monday Midday Links: It Is All Gloom and Doom (today at least)

Disney bought Marvel Comics for $4 billion. Disney will now own the rights to over 5,000 Marvel characters including Spider Man, X-men, Ironman, and the like. One key element of copyright law that people tend to forgot is that the longer copyrights benefit corporations like Disney more than any one else, even the individual copyright [...]

Dangerous Book for Boys Coming to a Big Screen Near You

Dangerous Book for Boys Coming to a Big Screen Near You

The surprise British sensation, The Dangerous Book for Boys, achieved a new pinnacle when the rights for the book were sold to Disney and producer Scott Rudin (“The Queen” and “School of Rock”). The problem is that there is no story in The Dangerous Book for Boys. It’s a how to manual of reclaiming some [...]