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Squeak Group Buys Ship Naming Rights in Gaiman Novel

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the your-name-here dept.

nadyne writes "Recently, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund ran an auction for the naming rights for a cruise ship in Neil Gaiman's upcoming novel Anansi Boys. Today, Neil Gaiman reported in a post to his blog that Markus Gaelli won this auction. According to Neil, Markus will use his hard-won auction to promote Squeak. He didn't tell us what the name of the cruise ship will be, but promised to do so in the future. Neil linked to Squeakland, although it's not clear whether Markus is associated with that site or Neil was just using it as a convenient starting point for his readers who might not know anything about Squeak."

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  1. at least you know... by pres · · Score: 4, Funny

    At least you know that there isn't some subtle meaning behind the ship name that you think you don't quite get as you read ;)

  2. Sold! by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 3, Funny

    What does it cost to get my promo embedded in the Slashdot front page infotainverts? Is it an auction, or a more "intimate" transaction?

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  3. Wondering... by John+Seminal · · Score: 4, Funny
    Will the day come when the advertising value of something will outweigh the inate value of the object itself? Will this create an unatural bubble economy? For example, we have all seen baseball salaries grow exponentially, from a HUGE deal when a players broke into a million dollars a year, to A-Rod getting $250,000,000 for his contract. I am guessing it is the advertising, and not the fan ticket sales, which is the true source of revenue. If that is true, then advertising could change the game to whatever they want, since they control the pursestrings.

    Likewise, do we want our books to be used to promote products? It would make an unlevel playing field. If book "A" is sponsored by Pepsi because it talks about how good and refreshing a Pepsi is, and Pepsi helps promote it AND pays some fee to the author, how many of the good writiers will want that kind of security. John Girsham must have mentioned Coors beer in A Time to Kill at least 100 times. Whenever it got too stressful, he would have a refreshing Coors and he could solve problems with such clearity. It happened with movies too, when companies started paying money for their products to be used in films.

    I dunno, what kind of society will we have? What can I do if my neighbor decides to paint his house like a big Coca~Cola can?

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    1. Re:Wondering... by Scrameustache · · Score: 4, Funny

      Will this create an unatural bubble economy?
      [...] sponsored by Pepsi
      [...] how good and refreshing a Pepsi is
      [...] Pepsi helps
      [...] promote it
      [...] John Girsham must have mentioned Coors beer in A Time to Kill at least 100 times.
      [...] have a refreshing Coors
      [...] like a big Coca~Cola can?

      Great. I'm thirsty now!
      Thanks a lot, jerk ;-)

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  4. Golden Palace? by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 2, Funny
    What? No Golden-Palace.com? I'm shocked and even a little bit disappointed.

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