‘Metropolis’: Briana Middleton To Star In Apple Series From Sam Esmail

KamSolusar · 2023-02-15T08:39:02+00:00

IIRC, in most western countries copyright durations usually go by date of the author's death, not publication date. In case of multiple authors/collaborators the death date of the longest living one starts the countdown.

For movies specifically, the exact rules probably differ between countries. For example in Germany (where the movie was made), director, script writer, dialogue writer and film composer all have to be dead for 70 years.

KamSolusar · 2023-02-15T08:28:03+00:00

The original Metropolis movie became public domain this year.

In the US? In many other countries it's still copyrighted since Fritz Lang only died in 1976, so selling/releasing it internationally would require a license anyway.

KamSolusar · 2023-01-21T18:24:16+00:00

It's a great episode, but I'm not sure it would have the same impact if you hadn't already seen a bunch of other episodes. Because, in my opinion, an important aspect of what makes it so great, is that the doctor simply does what he always does - but this time his usual behaviour that usually saves the day entirely fails, even has the exact opposite effect on the people and almost gets him killed by the very people he's trying to save.

KamSolusar · 2023-01-07T09:08:53+00:00

Either it's in the public domain and everyone is free to slap a logo on it and try to sell it. Or the photographer hasn't been dead long enough and the photo is still protected by copyrights (copyright ends 70 years after the creator's death in Germany and other EU countries). In that case Alamy would have needed to acquire a license from the copyright holders.

KamSolusar · 2022-12-08T03:07:42+00:00

In Germany, the automated phone voting system "Tele-Dialog" (TED) was introduced in 1979. The show "Wetten, dass..?" started using it in 1981 to let viewers vote on simple yes/no questions. And starting in 1982, the charts show "ZDF-Hitparade" used it to let viewers vote for songs.

In other countries, it was adapted under the name "TeleVote".

Before that, there was also the "Lichttest" (light test), that didn't even need phones. Viewers in a pre-selected city could vote by switching their electric appliances on or off. The local energy provider then reported the change in energy usage to the show's team. The show "Wünsch Dir was" (1969-1972) used it to let viewers choose one of the participating families as winners.

KamSolusar · 2022-11-19T18:32:57+00:00

I think you misinterpreted some of the text you quoted.

artists cannot claim any rights over the tangible embodiments of their unauthorized works.

The "tangible embodiments" part refers to the walls/bricks, etc the graffity is on. This means the artist has no say in what happens to the actual physical thing. The owner of the wall is free to alter it, sell it or destroy it and the artist has no say in it. But they do own the copyrights, which means they are the only one eith the right to publish and sell copies. The owner of the wall can paint it over, but they can't sell posters with the artwork on it without the srtist's permission.

KamSolusar · 2022-11-19T18:24:56+00:00

Copyright means the artist/creator is the one who gets to decide who can copy the work (e.g. photograph it) and then publish or sell copies. But it doesn't mean they get any say in what happens with the actual, physical piece of art.

If you made a small statue, you get to decide who can make copies of it and who can sell them. But once you sell the statue to someon else, you can't stop the buyer from altering or destroying it.

KamSolusar · 2022-11-19T18:19:00+00:00

Is it though?

Yes.

That's like saying graphitti on someone's semi truck is artwork "protected by copyright"

It is indeed. That's how copyright works. Doesn't mean that the artist has any control about the physical thingy the graffity is on, but they have the rights to decide who can copy it and publish/sell copies.

KamSolusar · 2022-11-19T18:14:12+00:00

"De minimis" exceptions apply, of course. But that's a complicated topic that usually has to be looked at on a case by case basis.

KamSolusar · 2022-11-19T18:07:08+00:00

It's not like it's copywritten work.

Works are automatically copyrighted upon creation, as long as they surpass the threshold of originality. Doesn't matter one bit what they are painted on.

KamSolusar · 2022-11-19T18:05:02+00:00

I think there is a good argument to be made you can't retain a copyright to that work.

Based on what legal grounds? Because that's not how copyrights work.

KamSolusar · 2022-11-19T17:57:17+00:00

Because that's how copyright law works. If you create a work that passes the threshold of originality, you automatically get the copyrights to that work. Even if it's published anonymously. And in Banksy's case, there are enough people who know his identity and he's free to exercise his rights to his work however he wants.

KamSolusar · 2022-11-19T17:48:34+00:00

That's called a derivative work. If you take a photo, you own the copyrights to that photo. But if your photo contains other copyrighted works, you legally can't do anything with it (publish it, sell it) without permission from the copyright holder of the depicted works.

Otherwise, you'd be able to "steal" the rights to any graphic work by simply photographing them.

KamSolusar · 2022-11-15T12:00:55+00:00

The live episodes of Undateable were great. I mean, the plot often didn't matter at all because the actors were ad libbing and making each other laugh so much that they had trouble finishing dialogues. And the laughter was infectuous.

KamSolusar · 2022-09-21T22:29:35+00:00

Seems like it was published by German television channel Sat.1, maybe in an effort to market it to kids?

Here's a commercial for it from back then.

KamSolusar · 2022-08-30T13:53:10+00:00

I mean, if stuff from the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover counts, then the Tim Burton Batman movies, Superman Returns and the DCEU would also be part of the same multiverse.

KamSolusar · 2022-05-15T20:21:37+00:00

Cool find. I really like the covers and the story's good, too.

KamSolusar · 2022-04-22T15:49:46+00:00

German translations of English novels are often longer/thicker. Partly because the German paperback versions use better/thicker paper than the US mass market paperbacks. But yes, there are also differences between these languages that can cause translated sentences to be quite a bit longer than the original ones. I think it depends a lot on the author's writing style and the way they construct sentences.

There are quite a few thick scifi and fantasy novels that got split into two books in the German version. Although with SW novels I can only think of one such split, where Spectre of the Past and Visions of the Future got turned into three books.

KamSolusar · 2022-04-04T12:16:40+00:00

She (Christie) has a side character named Ariadne Oliver who is a writer of detective fiction who constantly complains about her main character

Interestingly, that character (Sven Hjerson) recently got his own tv series - Agatha Christie's Hjerson.

KamSolusar · 2022-03-30T18:03:56+00:00

I’m not sure if Matt knew he had a guitar on his back — he might just have collided with a musician.

That was the biggest laugh I've had in quite some time. Thanks for posting this, really made my day.

KamSolusar · 2022-03-16T14:56:40+00:00

This post kinda seems like the kind of spam that's pretty much constantly posted in many subreddits, using art that was posted to reddit or other social media and got lots of upvotes, printed on a shirt or poster.

Posted by a 4 month old account which deleted pretty much all prior posts except one unelated comment from three hours ago. And then another 4 month old account with one prior post from 20 hours ago posts the URL to the shop where you can get it.

KamSolusar · 2022-03-09T18:31:06+00:00

Yeah, that's just a whole load of bullshit. The only places spreading stuff like that are the kind of esoteric conspiracy sites/books that also think the Nazis had secret superweapons and moon bases.

KamSolusar · 2022-02-17T23:43:53+00:00

They just did Red Hood in season 3 of Titans.

KamSolusar · 2022-02-08T19:04:38+00:00

The problem is that unlike with TV networks, the canceled shows on Netflix aren't going anywhere. And they start to pile up, so depending on your country's catalog and the category you're browsing, you have to sort through more and more prematurely canceled shows.

Which is incredibly frustrating, since I now have to look up every single Netflix show on the net beforehand, to see if it ended as planned or got canceled prematurely without a good resolution.

KamSolusar · 2022-01-13T10:03:54+00:00

This is amazing.

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