- It appears that some scholars are attempting to use digitized analysis and databases to understand artistic output, which is a worthy endeavour... to an extent. But art is as much a process as it is a thing, so I'm hoping for some caution on overstatements of what it all means.
- It's in electronic gaming for now, but has interesting implications for fiction writers (and even nonfiction writers): How much control do athletes have over their images — and, in particular, when must someone who uses that image pay for the right? This is not an easy question, especially when applied to fiction. Consider, for example, a murder mystery set in DC in which Chandra Levy turns out to be only one victim of a serial killer-rapist. At what point does former Congresscreature Gary Condit (who can't be removed from the story, even if depicted as entirely innocent) have a right to control or compensation?
- Hot off the (virtual) press, the apparent final draft of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement ("subject to legal review", which is ordinarily meaningless) (PDF) promises to make life interesting for everyone. I'm going to wait a couple of days to say much of substance, but my first impression is that this is a bad bargain for just about everyone... which means that it just might have a chance of getting ratified.
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Law and reality in publishing and entertainment (seldom the same thing) from the creator's side of the slush pile, with occasional forays into politics, military affairs, censorship and the First Amendment, legal theory, and anything else that strikes me as interesting. |
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