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Lawsuit Claims Buck Rogers Is In the Public Domain
An anonymous reader writes: As reported in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a court will decide whether Buck Rogers is in the public domain. The Buck Rogers comic strip first appeared in 1929. Team Angry Filmmakers claim that Buck Rogers entered the public domain in the mid-1950s, and they want to make a Buck Rogers movie called Armageddon 2419 A.D. They filed a federal suit this year in Los Angeles against the trust claiming ownership of the name, and the trial has been moved to Pittsburgh.
Calm down. Sooner or later Elvis and Lennon are going to release new material for their octogenarian fans. We're 13 years beyond the 25 years clause the mouse removed. This illustrates perfectly how US copyright has fucked over the world so a few predominantly jewish billionnaires can control everything created by others.
Why the gratuitous mention of their religion? The issue is the billions, not the Judaism.
"What the American public doesn't know is what makes them the American public." -Ray Zalinsky (Tommy Boy)
Jews have been persecuted for 2000yrs and have also persecuted of others for a similar length of time. The money thing is related to the historical fact that Jews were the only one of the three main religions that permitted a money lender to charge interest. Christians and muslims considered it a sin but it was ok to borrow from them, this changed when the Medici family invented modern banking. Remember, baby Jesus threw the 'evil' money lender's out of dad's house, right?
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.