Sunday, February 05, 2017

A Good Take-Down (DMCA related)

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This week, I had a most excellent experience of the Take-Down kind with Scribd. A Google Alert  informed me (a daily occurrence) that one ...
Thursday, February 02, 2017

Sliding Scale of Anthropomorphism (or Zoomorphism)

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Sapient animals in fiction and film range all the way from creatures that live and act like their real-life counterparts but communicate wit...
Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Cozy Science Fiction Part 1 by Jacqueline Lichtenberg

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Cozy Science Fiction Part 1 by Jacqueline Lichtenberg You all know the genre sub-division called Cozy Mystery.  I've been rea...
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Sunday, January 29, 2017

Other People's Faces...and Stuff.

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The most interesting copyright-law related blog of the week was penned by Kimberly Buffington of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.  The c...
Thursday, January 26, 2017

Timeless

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As an almost lifelong science fiction reader (mostly "soft" SF, since I'm mainly a fantasy and horror fan), I can't help n...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Theme-Archetype Integration Part 4 - Marriage and Ownership

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Theme-Archetype Integration Part 4 Marriage and Ownership by Jacqueline Lichtenberg  Previous parts in this Theme-Archetype Integ...
Sunday, January 22, 2017

What Do You Want In A Register?

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What do you want in a Register... of Copyrights? January 31st 2017 is the deadline for copyright owners and future copyright owners to opi...
Thursday, January 19, 2017

Alien Holidays

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Cultures in the non-tropical regions of our planet typically celebrate seasonal holidays such as lights, fire, evergreens, and feasting at t...
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Theme-Archetype Integration Part 3 - Showing Character Without Telling

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Clayton Moore - The Lone Ranger Theme-Archetype Integration Part 3 - Showing Character Without Telling Previous parts in this theme-...
Saturday, January 14, 2017

Here Be... Cookies, To Turn A Phrase, and Ivanka Trump

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Periodic reminder: European law requires us (the authors of this blog) to remind European visitors that Google, host of Blogger, places coo...