Interesting becasue he didn't really need their permission. I suspect it was about pleasing the suits, something he won't ahve to do to gt his music out anymore.
Actually, although parody is protected speech, Al has always prided himself on getting permission for his releases from the artists simply out of respect for them. Strangely enough, a big celebrity is actually being nice rather than being strong-armed by suits.
This is illustrated by the situation with "Your Pitiful," Al's parody of James Blunt's "You're Beautiful." James Blunt himself was all for it, so Al recorded his version, but later Atlantic Records (independently of Blunt) told Al he couldn't do his spoof or they'd sic the lawyers on him. In response, Al released the song for free on the Internet.
I'm now stuck with a mental image of a faithful little bacterium, with a tiny capsule hung around it's little neck somehow, racing to the rescue like an old cartoon St Bernard with a brandy cask.
Last I heard he gets permission for every single song. He recently wanted to parody an Eminem "song" but Eminem turned him down, so he didn't do the parody. Shows you how classy Al is, and how big of a D-bag Eminem is.
Actually what happened was he got permission to parody "Lose Yourself," and made the song "Couch Potato." It was planned to make that the big single from his album, but when he started to work on a music video for it, Eminem (or his people) turned around and told Al he couldn't do the video. Al was stuck without the opportunity to promote his leading single, and therefore the album.
Bringing things back on-topic a bit, I imagine that incident was at least pert of the reason for Al's current move away from the album format. This way he doesn't have the success of a dozen or so songs hinging on the popularity of one or two songs anymore. Can't say I blame him.
and it conveys a sense of "Yes, we know what we're doing and it's not illegal" as opposed to most that get sued are squirming a little over being dragged to court.
So if I go to the store and buy something, should I just go straight to the police afterward and shout at the top of my lungs how I totally bught the thing and didn't steal it?
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I remember back in 1995 playing with an experimental CompuServe client which turned the online service into a blocky cityscape, with the diferent forums represented by buildings, message threads represented by branching trees, and so on. It was fairly impressive for back then, and if I recall correctly it was VRML-based.
You have no idea how dejected I was upon reading those words. I'd love to see a reboot, and I don't agree with those who say it can't possibly be well done. Adams was a genius but he didn't have a monopoly on genius.
Of course he didn't have a monopoly on genius, there are plenty of other people out there talented enough to come up with new things rather than shamelessly exploit one extraordinary man's vision.
Hitch-hikers was always Douglas' baby, and it now serves as his major legacy and contribution to human culture. Let other geniuses have their own.
SpaceX proudly brings us back to when a nice big capital "X" on the end was the way to go for making words seem edgy, hip, and futuristic. We've well and truly escaped the reign of those posers, the prefix lowercase "e" and his redheaded spawn the little "i".
Anyone can look at a blood spatter on a wall and make thoughtful CSI faces, but you need the proper certification to take that evidence to a court of law and explain exactly what it means, or go out and arrest someone based on it.
It would appear that Kevin Kelly has erased whichever checks were checked on his copy. No desire to tell the Internet how you pissed off a well-loved legend?
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Interesting becasue he didn't really need their permission. I suspect it was about pleasing the suits, something he won't ahve to do to gt his music out anymore.
Actually, although parody is protected speech, Al has always prided himself on getting permission for his releases from the artists simply out of respect for them. Strangely enough, a big celebrity is actually being nice rather than being strong-armed by suits.
This is illustrated by the situation with "Your Pitiful," Al's parody of James Blunt's "You're Beautiful." James Blunt himself was all for it, so Al recorded his version, but later Atlantic Records (independently of Blunt) told Al he couldn't do his spoof or they'd sic the lawyers on him. In response, Al released the song for free on the Internet.
I'm now stuck with a mental image of a faithful little bacterium, with a tiny capsule hung around it's little neck somehow, racing to the rescue like an old cartoon St Bernard with a brandy cask.
Last I heard he gets permission for every single song. He recently wanted to parody an Eminem "song" but Eminem turned him down, so he didn't do the parody. Shows you how classy Al is, and how big of a D-bag Eminem is.
Actually what happened was he got permission to parody "Lose Yourself," and made the song "Couch Potato." It was planned to make that the big single from his album, but when he started to work on a music video for it, Eminem (or his people) turned around and told Al he couldn't do the video. Al was stuck without the opportunity to promote his leading single, and therefore the album.
Bringing things back on-topic a bit, I imagine that incident was at least pert of the reason for Al's current move away from the album format. This way he doesn't have the success of a dozen or so songs hinging on the popularity of one or two songs anymore. Can't say I blame him.
...it is, I suppose, some kind of audio-vibratory, physio-molecular transport device?
and it conveys a sense of "Yes, we know what we're doing and it's not illegal" as opposed to most that get sued are squirming a little over being dragged to court.
So if I go to the store and buy something, should I just go straight to the police afterward and shout at the top of my lungs how I totally bught the thing and didn't steal it?
I hope they intend to replace it
TFA: "The police have reportedly replaced the seized equipment, at a cost of £1,000."
Then I ram my ovipositor down your throat, and lay my eggs in your chest. But I'm not an alien!
Shame they didn't think to advertise the stored login on the item's eBay description. They could probably have gotten more than 99p for it.
Nintendo dropped the "Game Boy" name for its portables starting with the Nintendo DS.
I hate Quantum Soccer. Every time I start to play, some know-it-all from the future takes over my body and scores all my goals for me.
On one occasion a disk unit started giving "media error warnings" but apart from that no ill effects again.
Understandable. I once watched a cricket match, and pretty much the same thing happened to my brain.
When I said there would never be any Microsoft servers running in my department, I don't think they quite got my meaning.
if you've wanted to contribute to Wikipedia but couldn't afford the time unless you received some modest compensation for it, then the addition of this one simple feature to Knol might make all the difference.
For those unfamiliar with Wikipedia, it's that site run by that foundation that exists solely to create, encourage, and maintain free libraries of free content. If you're looking to get paid for what you write, Wikipedia is really not the place you want to be.
I remember back in 1995 playing with an experimental CompuServe client which turned the online service into a blocky cityscape, with the diferent forums represented by buildings, message threads represented by branching trees, and so on. It was fairly impressive for back then, and if I recall correctly it was VRML-based.
says Ekman, who has studied people's facial expressions and how they relate to what they are thinking for over 40 years
I wonder what he would make of this.
Police later cleared themselves of any serious wrong-doing following an extensive investigation.
I just love this quote so much, for so many reasons.
You have no idea how dejected I was upon reading those words. I'd love to see a reboot, and I don't agree with those who say it can't possibly be well done. Adams was a genius but he didn't have a monopoly on genius.
Of course he didn't have a monopoly on genius, there are plenty of other people out there talented enough to come up with new things rather than shamelessly exploit one extraordinary man's vision.
Hitch-hikers was always Douglas' baby, and it now serves as his major legacy and contribution to human culture. Let other geniuses have their own.
A tremendous feeling of peace came over him. He knew that at last, for once and for ever, it was now all, finally, over.
Let's just leave it at that, shall we?
if they have any plans to deal with corrosive salts from the oceans?
They're breeding a dolphin/deer hybrid to swim around the facility and lick off the salt.
I _am_ Jonathan Zdziarski
No, I'm Jonathan Zdziarski!
Because.
SpaceX proudly brings us back to when a nice big capital "X" on the end was the way to go for making words seem edgy, hip, and futuristic. We've well and truly escaped the reign of those posers, the prefix lowercase "e" and his redheaded spawn the little "i".
Anyone can look at a blood spatter on a wall and make thoughtful CSI faces, but you need the proper certification to take that evidence to a court of law and explain exactly what it means, or go out and arrest someone based on it.
It would appear that Kevin Kelly has erased whichever checks were checked on his copy. No desire to tell the Internet how you pissed off a well-loved legend?
15 years ago, I probably would have bought an Elitebook just for the name.