Monthly Archives: January 2006

Soderbergh vs Hollywood

With “Bubble” by Steven Soderbergh’s we’ll expertise a real revolution in the way movies are distributed. The movie, cost $1.7 million and produced with Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner’s dot-com dollars, will try to brake Hollywood’s (and Bolliwood’s as well) … Continue reading

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What if God was a rightholder?

Yes, not one of us, like Joan Osbourne sings, but a rightholder. Two days ago the Vatican announced that the first encyclical signed by Pope Ratzinger is covered by copyright and royalties have to be paid for any commercial use … Continue reading

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Picasso vs Picaro

Yesterday the European Court of Justice dismissed a legal bid by Picasso’s heir to stop DaimlerChrysler from using the trademark “Picaro” which, they argued, was too similar to the name of the artist. Reading the decision something strange stroke me … Continue reading

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