My mother-in-law wondered who would take the time to read my blog every day. To anyone who actually does, thank you. People who are interested in goofs like me keep the world fun.
I took the Comic Book Ideology test, and I'm apparently Stan Lee. Thanks to Franklin's Findings for the link.
There is a neat paper on the lack of copyright protection in Japan that you can download. It's a different view than I've seen before, and is worth a read. It is a work-in-progress (by Salil K Mehra, an assistant professor at Temple Law School), but it covers some areas of copyright law that those of us watching the Supreme Court case are interested in. The article is about dojinshi, which roughly translates to amateur comic book/graphic novel works based on existing characters. We might call it "fanfic". The article explores why dojinshi is tolerated in Japan, where in the United States it would be stamped out ruthlessly by the corporations that own the characters being used. Thanks to Journalista for the link.
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