It's definetly in the "too soon" category, but I still think it's a gosh darn amazing piece of Apple memorabilia to have. I'm considering getting one... And I also kinda think Apple should back off a little. One little company makes a Steve Jobs toy and all of a sudden they're gonna freak out. It's not like they're taking much away from the giant profits Apple makes. I think Steve would actually find this kinda cool!
it was only a facsimile of einstein, not the real one, so that makes it different
Not sure but it makes no difference to the law firm that licenses Einstein's likeness. You still have to pay the same fee just as if it were an actual photo of him.
"Apple?s lawyers have a fearsome reputation for defending the company?s intellectual property. But it sure looks like they?re bluffing in the controversy over a new Steve Jobs doll... Apple?s legal claim is largely bogus. While people can indeed own rights to their likeness, those rights usually apply only to living people. Unlike other forms of intellectual property like patents or copyrights, image rights do not survive beyond the grave in most places."
"Under American law, so-called ?personality rights? exist only at the state level?there is no federal law. And only about a dozen states recognize image rights after death."
If that's true, then that's good news, as it looks like I'll be getting mine, since I don't live in one of these states.
Paid Content cites the following list of the states where the doll could potentially run into an issue according to a recent paper on Dignitarian Posthumous Personality Rights:
Indiana, Illinois, Texas, Connecticut, Georgia, Florida, California, Ohio, Virginia, Washington, New Jersey, Nevada, Nebraska, Kentucky, Tennessee and Oklahoma.
Lawyers do very well off attempts to legislate taste. The rest of the world, not so good.
This battle was lost long ago. Once we assigned a price tag to everything, we became incapable of recognizing the value of anything. Having turned the world into one vast Walmart, it's hardly surprising to find ourselves transformed into the ignorant, slack-jawed, inbred, wall-eyed nose-pickers who inhabit it.
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Doesn't Elvis have a doll too? Way overrated
"and other well known poses of Steve jobs"
Such as sitting... Standing...
Some of the lesser well known poses were lounging and cavorting
link
I'm sorry, what does that have to do with anything and why did it require you to quote the entire article?
it was only a facsimile of einstein, not the real one, so that makes it different
Not sure but it makes no difference to the law firm that licenses Einstein's likeness. You still have to pay the same fee just as if it were an actual photo of him.
media event: black turtleneck, jeans
board meeting: black turtleneck, jeans
design review: black turtleneck, jeans
legal meeting: black turtleneck, jeans
toga party: black turtleneck, jeans
Apparently it's legal.
Thanks.
Here's a link to the source for the 9to5 story:
http://paidcontent.org/article/419-s...s-not-indiana/
"Apple?s lawyers have a fearsome reputation for defending the company?s intellectual property. But it sure looks like they?re bluffing in the controversy over a new Steve Jobs doll... Apple?s legal claim is largely bogus. While people can indeed own rights to their likeness, those rights usually apply only to living people. Unlike other forms of intellectual property like patents or copyrights, image rights do not survive beyond the grave in most places."
"Under American law, so-called ?personality rights? exist only at the state level?there is no federal law. And only about a dozen states recognize image rights after death."
Apparently it's legal.
If that's true, then that's good news, as it looks like I'll be getting mine, since I don't live in one of these states.
Paid Content cites the following list of the states where the doll could potentially run into an issue according to a recent paper on Dignitarian Posthumous Personality Rights:
Indiana, Illinois, Texas, Connecticut, Georgia, Florida, California, Ohio, Virginia, Washington, New Jersey, Nevada, Nebraska, Kentucky, Tennessee and Oklahoma.
This battle was lost long ago. Once we assigned a price tag to everything, we became incapable of recognizing the value of anything. Having turned the world into one vast Walmart, it's hardly surprising to find ourselves transformed into the ignorant, slack-jawed, inbred, wall-eyed nose-pickers who inhabit it.
We not only get what we pay for, we become it.