Betty Boop and Indefinite Copyright 249
An anonymous reader writes "Apparently the Fleischer estate has lost a court battle for the rights to Betty Boop, a character created by Grim Natwick at Max Fleischer's studio in 1930. The 9th Circuit US Court of Appeals (based in San Francisco) ruled against the Fleischers, saying in their decision, 'If we ruled that AVELA's depictions of Betty Boop infringed Fleischer's trademarks, the Betty Boop character would essentially never enter the public domain.'"
Re:Weird decision (Score:5, Funny)
Do you think it's possible to mod a Judge insightful?
Hurray! (Score:5, Funny)
Hey what's with all the laughing?
Re:sanity ? (Score:5, Funny)
Sanity in copyright law? Gosh, you look different. Haven't seen you for years. How's life? Must be horrible, you look like an abuse victim. You sure you're not taking drugs?
They call me Toot now. Sometimes I cut myself to relieve the pain...
Re:Yet again, no information (Score:2, Funny)
Shouldn't be hard to make up variants.
I'm thinking the players would be pimps, the houses whores and when you get four whores, you can buy a brothel.
I'm sure most large cities have a few suitable streets, although perhaps half of the board should be covered by Las Vegas.
Chance cards could be stuff like "After an arduous beating, one of your bitches fesses up and hands you the $10,000 she's been hiding".
Utilities could be the abortion clinic and STD center.
Just don't know what to do with the railroads, though.
I can finally get my business off the ground! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Weird decision (Score:4, Funny)
Do you think it's possible to mod a Judge insightful?
Hmmm. Modded judges. Interesting concept. Where do you insert the chip?