BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Kyoto rewards kimono wearers
Great story… dust down your Kimono and go for a holiday!
Poacher turned gamekeeper!
BBC NEWS | Technology | Fanning strikes Sony Snocap deal
Well, if you can’t beat them join them… So long in the shadows for creating the illegal file sharing software Napster, its creator fanning is now supplying software to those who would have happily had him stuck in the matrix.
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Baby Bond
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Arts | The name’s Bond – Junior Bond
Charlie Higson writing stories about James Bond before he was a spy… Spy Kids anyone? I’m not sure about this as an idea for a prequel but I’m sure the book, which was release yesterday, will sell bucket loads.
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Hobbits
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Hobbit was ‘not a diseased human’
So was JRR Tolkien correct? Did we once really share the “middle earth” with hobbits? 🙂
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A Bands Trademark
A judge has rejected a bid by Californian nu-metal band Linkin Park to trademark its name for use on posters, leaving shopkeepers free to sell unofficial posters of music and show business personalities.
In a landmark judgement which means the band cannot sue suppliers of unauthorised posters, Judge Richard Arnold said on Tuesday that unlike merchandise such as CDs and books, a famous name appearing on a poster was purely descriptive
This is just plain wrong… surely a bands name is it’s trademark, and the trademark laws are there to stop people exploiting and passing off your mark. If this allows anyone to sell unauthorised material about Linkin Park to which they do not recieve royalties from then that must be wrong! The problem is that if a photograph is the property of the cameraman regardless of subject, then mixing photos and band name gives out a false impression. Many people will buy those goods thinking there are legitimate Linkin Park merchandise!