Ziad Shihab

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Epstein’s Volcanoes, Public Domain, Peaches, and Santa’s Clause

December 24th, 2023

Maxwell BOOM = Volcano BOOM, Public Domain, Balls of Fire: Lewis & Lewis, PEACHES: The First Millionaire + Child Scandal, Santa’s ClauseWhen I say BOOM! BOOMI’m not always just speaking in symbols!12/18/2023 Federal Judge rules Epstein associate list and victims must be unsealed and go public!12/18/2023 Iceland Volcano Erupts: "Amongst the most spectacular ever seen".BOOM! = BOOM!A symbolic BOOM is marked with a literal BOOM!Symbolism comms are remarkably simple at times.Not the first tim...

Star Wars Fanfiction - a Faraway World

October 25th, 2023

The Star Wars galaxy may be far, far away, but the fanfiction it inspires exists within easy reach of those passionate enough to seek it out. When George Lucas and his collaborators created this expansive universe back in 1977, they just wanted to make a great space opera. They had no idea it would birth an entire franchise of TV shows, movies, comic runs, parodies…and Star Wars fanfiction.More importantly, nothing could prepare Lucas for the sheer level of enthusiasm that fans would build ar...

John Greyson Un©ut

December 11th, 2022

the crime of three peters by Douglas Messerli John Greyson (screenwriter and director) Un©ut/ 1997 Canadian director John Greyson may be one of the most original and talented of late 20th century LGBTQ filmmakers. His Zero Patience (1993) and Lillies (1997) are both near the top of my lists of favorite LGBTQ works, and I’ve still to see several of his films which are often difficult to obtain in the US, an odd fact since, as this film argues against, rights and permissions (ou...

Alex Zucker on Translation Pay - Diversity - Copyright

August 16th, 2022

Last year, the Authors Guild conducted a survey of literary translators in order to get a better sense of the realities of the profession with regard to questions like pay, copyright, demographics, and other questions. The findings, which you can read here, are fascinating and well worth your time. This was the first survey of its kind, and I hope that it becomes a regular thing so that we can get better and better information about how the profession of literary translation looks in America....

Public Domain Day 2022: Trespassers Will

May 16th, 2022

The Piglet lived in a very grand house in the middle of a beech-tree, and the beech-tree was in the middle of the forest, and the Piglet lived in the middle of the house. Next to his house was a piece of broken board which had "TRESPASSERS W" on it. When Christopher Robin asked the Piglet what it meant, he said it was his grandfather’s name, and had been in the family for a long time, Christopher Robin said you couldn’t be called Trespassers W, and Piglet said yes, you could, because his gran...

Supreme Court to Hear Warhol Copyright Infringement Case

March 28th, 2022

The US Supreme Court today announced that it will rule as to whether Andy Warhol’s use of a photograph taken by Lynn Goldsmith constitutes fair use. The case centers around a full-length black-and-white portrait of Prince that Goldsmith shot in 1981, working on commission for Newsweek. Three years later, Warhol appropriated the image for a silk-screen illustration accompanying a Vanity Fair article titled "Purple Fame," boosting the portrait’s contrast, altering the palette to include deep or...

Most Plagiarists Fail to "Sin Nobly" | Better Living through Beowulf

January 13th, 2020

Better Living through BeowulfHow great literature can change your lifeSkip to contentBlogHow Beowulf Can Save AmericaBook discussion groupsAbout« Obama Finds a Balm in GileadThe Bard’s Defense of Midsummer Marriage »Most Plagiarists Fail to "Sin Nobly"By Robin Bates | Published: September 8, 2010Norman Rockwell, from Tom SawyerJason Blake’s guest column this week is on the issue of plagiarism. Jason’s experience matches my own: it takes more work to produce a successful plagiarism than to wri...

Copyright in the United States - Lexology

September 13th, 2019

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We had to delete one of your Pins on Pinterest

August 23rd, 2019

We had to delete one of your Pins on PinterestAuthor: Z Shihab ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Pinterest pinbot@account.pinterest.com>Date: Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 20:12Subject: Sorry. We had to delete one of your Pins on Pinterest.To: Z Shihab zshihab@gmail.com> We're getting in touch to let you know we received a copyright complaint and… We're getting in touch to let you know we received a copyright complaint and have removed one (or more) of your Pins.Th...

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