Mardi Gras, Mardi Law

March 26, 2010

We learn from Legal Blog Watch of a New York Times article about Mardi Gras Indians who have decided “they’re tired of finding images of themselves, clad in their traditional elaborate outfits, on calendars, posters, coffee mugs and other assorted tchotchkes [What is a 'tchotchke'? Ed.], without getting any cash.”

In other words, they’ve wised up to the law of copyright.

Could this, we wonder, one day be the fate of High Court judges? Isn’t it the case that, upon their appointment, there is no little fuss but instead a glorious pageant and why not, indeed, for aren’t they then made a Knight Bachelor or, if they are female, a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire? There must be calendars galore depicting this glorious occasion, but have the judges been properly remunerated for the use of their images, visages, vestments and robes?

We hope so. As pictured below, judges suffer for their art – and there is no reason why they shouldn’t be paid for it, too. (Image courtesy of UPPA/Photoshot and the going, going, gone for a £1.00 Independent.)

judges robes

 

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Not so right said Fred

February 2, 2012
fred hat

So Farewell, then, Sir Fred Goodwin.

Now you are just Fred.

Not Right Said Fred, but plain Fred.

The Forfeiture Committee did for you.

No one had heard of it before,

But Dave said it had to act, and it did.

Trouble is that no one knows what to think.

Is it ‘Alas, poor Fred‘,

Or ‘Hurray! Sir Fred is dead!’?

We don’t know.

Do you?

By A. Mob, aged 1,378 and a half.

London Goes AWOL

January 31, 2012
CNN

STOP PRESS:

Fed up with being stuck on the Thames in south-east England, London yesterday decided to move. In a dramatic gesture which augurs ill for the Olympics, the city upped sticks and relocated to East Anglia.

Lawyers were not consulted about the move, and the city’s precise motivation remains unclear. However, financiers fear that London’s decision is a sign that it wishes to downsize. Moreover, a source from London said: “We no longer want to be Britain’s seat of power. If the Scots can deregulate, why can’t we? East Anglia is a nice place where nothing happens. It’s time for a quiet life. Please respect our right to privacy.”

Elsewhere, Birmingham did not do anything, but Manchester was seen to be packing its bags. “There’s an opportunity for us,” said Manchester. “We can become London.”

East Anglia said: “We don’t mind. It’ll be refreshing to be associated with something other than fens and flatness.”

A cartologist at CNN, which broke the extraordinary news, was later fired.

An excellent ad if ever there was one

January 25, 2012
legovader

We seem to be visually led this week but sometimes words proliferate far too much and letting an image do the talking is no bad thing. That’s another way of saying that ACCESS Agency’s work with Lego is absolutely top drawer.