Friday, December 3, 2010
Friday Links
- In the comic book cover above, Adventure Comics #281, published way back in 1961, Superboy is made the foster child of Mr. and Mrs. Hurd (as Ma and Pa Kent watch from elsewhere in the courtroom). The question: What’s with Superman and adoptions? A few months ago, we showed you the cover of Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #128, published way back in 1970, in which Superman flies through a courthouse window to thwart the adoption of an adult Jimmy Olsen by a wealthy benefactor. (Further, this does not appear to be the same courtroom into which Superboy flew in Adventure Comics # 213).
- The Onion has a little bit of fun with the old television show, “L.A. Law.” Has it really been sixteen years since it went off the air? We should mention that in a recent conversation one of our junior associates mentioned that she had never heard of that program. Sigh.
- According to this post at The New York Times ArtsBeat blog, Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose is suing the makers of the Guitar Hero video game. His claim? He says the company breached its promise not to feature or depict his former bandmate Slash in the video game.
- A few weeks ago, we reported on a contest sponsored by The 1709 Blog mashing up Shakespeare and the perils of modern copyright law. We here at Abnormal Use entered the contest, but alas, we did not win. However, you can see the submission of all the entrants, including that of the winner, by going here and here.
- This is not, by any means, a real estate litigation blog, but we really, really hope there is a trespass to try title suit coming after a woman in Spain has claimed ownership of the sun.
- The New York Times reports on the recent discovery of a 1791 lawsuit against Mozart. Even he was not immune to litigation, it seems. Kudos to University of South Carolina music history professor Peter Hoyt for his scholarship on this issue.
