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Joyce estate plans to sue if Joyce is read aloud on Bloomsday. Ah, my kingdom for a suitably obscure and whimsical way to say "get stuffed." How I long for the days when copyright only lasted 14 years, plus another 14 if re-registered by a living author. Link from supergee.

Tennessee County wants to charge homosexuals with crimes against nature. This is the same county that produced the infamous Scopes Monkey Trial. They keep using that word, nature. I do not think it means what they think it means. (Thanks to [Bad username or site: mintwitch for the info, and <i @ livejournal.com]The Princess Bride for the mangled quote.)

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[rhi]

::argggh:: Not again! (This is the same state that tried to decree pi = 3 ...)

[farwing.livejournal.com]

Huh. My mom used to throw Bloomsday parties. Threatening to sue in an effort to prevent a reading? That is so very silly.


Oh ikkk. What a bunch of backwards ijeets. I'm so glad I live in MA.

[claerwen.livejournal.com]

Thing that really sickens me is, all those monogamous humans. Not natural.

Oh, what a bunch of wazzocks.

[onetwomany.livejournal.com]

Ah, the extension of the term of protection to 70 years - great way to ensure nothing falls intot the public domain for another 20 years. Stupdiest decision ever, imho, although I guess it does beat the protection wanted by Sony Bono. But beyond that, this is one of the reasons I have so many issues with the current law of copyright generally - it's creating knowledge monopolies to a scary degree.

[coffeeandink.livejournal.com]

I found out about the Bloomsday thing on the same day I found out Cory Doctorow had rereleased Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom under an expanded Creative Commons license that allowed for fanfic, so my first thought was to write an AU (and much shorter) version of Ulysses that took place in Doctorow's universe -- sort of a fuck-you to the Bloom estate and a thank-you-that's-nifty to Doctorow all in one. But I doubt I'll read either book in time.