Google Giveth And Taketh Away
Alba v. Playboy: Cover Expectations
Jessica Alba refused to pose for Playboy’s cover. Playboy obtained a photo from the studio for Alba’s latest movie and ran that.
From the letter to Playboy from Lavely & Singer (Alba’s attorneys) (via The Smoking Gun):
“. . . Playboy has established a known custom and practice (and an expectation with and among the
Confusingly Similar Breasts
Operators Are Standing By To Syndicate Content
‘Order Now and Start Your AdSense Empire Today, ‘says this ad from a company that syndicates content to would-be domain name monetizers.
Copyrightability Of Insurance Policy
Prof Patry on a sufficiently original insurance policy that was protectable under copyright.
This is the second time I’ve used an insurance topic as a pretense to link to the Monty Python skit where Mr. Devious tells the Vicar that unfortunately the Vicar had purchased the ‘NeverPay’ policy where ‘it states quite clearly that no
EFF Amcus Brief On Section 106(3) And Transmissions
EFF amicus brief by Fred von Lohnmann and Wendy Seltzer in Elektra v. Barker, a Southern District of NY case on file-sharing:
From the Background and Summary of Argument:
Defendant Denise Barker, like more than 19,000 others, is accused by several major record companies of using peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing software to download and
Vertically Arched Lettering Vs. Radially Arched Lettering
An illustration of vertical arched lettering on player’s jerseys from the CD discussed below. Vertically arched lettering vs. radially arched lettering discussed in this ESPN article. HT Kottke.
Who Would Have Thought There Was Such A Thing?
From the website for The Double Knit Era:
Details of every team’s uniform jerseys are provided- front, back and patches, going back to the beginning of the Double Knit Era. This new THIRD EDITION for 2005 is over 1050 pages and includes more than 6000 photographs. It chronicles every detail change for every uniform
But Is It Art And When Is The Minimum Payment Due?
This artist draws pictures of her credit card statements. HT Boing Boing.