My morning laugh or snorfle....

Okay...this made me laugh, really really hard this morning.

You may have to be a lawyer to totally appreciate it. Or rather a lawyer who knows something about copyright law. I don't know.

But here it is - grabbed from fandom lawyers:

Here: http://community.livejournal.com/fandom_lawyers/50914.html

and

here: http://www.fanhistory.com/index.php/Meyshi

The scoop? Apparently some Harry Potter fanfic writer out there, called Meyshi thought they could sue other fanfic writers for parodying their work and filed DMCA claims against them with LJ - telling LJ/6 Apart that these writers should have their entries deleted. (The gal is allegedly under the age of 18 - which makes me wonder about her parents.) At any rate - 6 Apart in their ultimate wisdom - sent notices to the writers Meyshi complained about - telling them that they needed to delete their entries or that LJ would do it for them since they were in violation of US Copyright law. One of the writers being told he had to delete his story and was being sued by Meyshi for his parody of her work, directly contacted J.K. Rowling's attorneys and told them about it. Rowling's attorneys got really interested in the matter. Not in the whole fanfic thing, interestingly enough - they don't care about that given JKR's public stance on it - but, on the fact that a fanfiction writer thinks they have the same rights the JKR does regarding Potter fic and Potter characters. Meyshi, since being contacted by JKR's attorneys, has submitted apologies to all concerned and even asked the person who contacted the attorney's for help with characterization.

ROFL!!!

Yes, I'm probably evil to find this hilarous, this I know.;-) Ohhh, I love fandom lawyers, really love them. My favorite community by far. (It's basically a community of non-practicing, semi-practicing, and practicing attorneys who like cult stuff and are fans.)

Mindless TV fun...

Sigh, where or where did the weekend go? I want another day. But today has been nice and restful. Got some vaccuming done. Got some cleaning done. Spent far too much time playing on LJ. And watched tv and read a little.

Supernatural continues to entertain me. I've managed to get past some of the racism and sexism that was bugging me. It's very noir and that genre does unfortunately have overtones of sexism. Trust me, this I know - I used to get blasted in undergrad by female professors for liking it. That and Westerns, which are also notable for their sexism and racism. And I love Westerns too. Sigh. So I like guy stuff. Speaking of Westerns - there's a really cool one coming out soon - 3:10 to Yuma starring two of my favorite male actors - Russel Crowe and Christian Bale. Directed by the guy who did Walk The Line.
And they say the Western's dead.

This week's Supernatural - was about a film set. And it was written by the brilliant and always witty Ben Edlund - who has some unresolved issues he needs to work out. ( vague spoilers for Supernatural )

Also watched Flash Gordon today and is it just me or do all the female leads look exactly alike in this show? I had troubles telling them apart. They all have the same hair color and hair length, are approximately the same height and weight, and have similar facial structures. But the men all look very different. Odd. And annoying. What is it with these casting directors any how? Or is it their fault? Were they told - find three gorgeous brunettes who all look like they could be sisters?

I think I may drop this one.

Doctor Who wasn't too bad - it's the episode about Lazerous - the guy who doesn't want to die? Sort of silly and I felt liked I'd seen it before. But it does fit with the general themes of the season - the Doctor's angst over being alone and living forever. And how living forever has affected him and his relationships. Also Tennant is growing on me.

The new fall season? Looks wickedly good. Except for one thing - I think there may be one too many detective shows on tv. There's only so many ways you can solve a mystery without it getting old. And there is such a thing as market saturation. Want to know why Lost, Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy did so well - they weren't detective shows.

Let's see - here's a list of all the procedurals currently on tv, I've put stars next to the ones that focus on *cough*characters*cough* as opposed to JUST the case and well that I've actually watched more than fifteen minutes of:

1. Law & Order
2. Law & Order Special Victims Unit
3. Law & Order Criminal Intent
4. CSI
5. CSI Miami
6. CSI New York
7. Cold Case**
8. Crossing Jordan**
9. Criminal Minds**
10. Bones**
11. Without A Trace* (jury is still out)
12. The Closer**
13. Saving Grace (not really a procedural...but it is a detective show)**
14. House (medical procedural may or may not count)**

Now...do we really need 14 procedurals? Whoever decided to spawn off the L&O and CSI, deserves their own special office in hell in my opinion. Unless of course they succeed in killing off the franchise - in which case, more power to them. But I don't see that happening. How in the hell they find an audience, I don't know. There's no way the audience this appeals to has the time to watch all 14 of them, unless that's all they watch...but still. Okay maybe all 11 - The Closer, Saving Grace and House are sort of odd ducks on that list.

Here's the roster of Detective/Mystery shows:

Women's Murder Club
Moonlight
Blood Ties
Amsterdam
Pushing Daisies

Granted at least four are supernatural or quirky shows, but still. How many murders do we really need to solve? I know the mystery genre is popular but this is pushing things a bit, don't you think?

New Shows I'm looking forward to:
Pushing Daisies
Bionic Woman
Journeyman
Sarah Connor Chronicles
Moonlight
Amsterdam (assuming it gets an air date)
Reaper
Viva Laughlin
Cane
Dirty Sexy Money
Big Shots

My tv schedule...waaay too crowded. So much so, I'm hoping a couple of these really suck. TV has never been this much fun. ;-) Lucky for me in this day and age, with cable, I don't have to worry that there are 11 procedurals on tv - because there's plenty of room for all the other shows too.