Clooney’s Drudge-ry — reports that Matt Drudge may “go to court and file a cease-and-desist motion if “K Street” continues to use his likeness and images of his Web site.” Great. Thanks to intellectual property law, e.g. copyright, Drudge can prevent another show from featuring or discussing him or using images of his webpage. Another example of how IP rights let the IP owner control others’ property.
What’s next–can’t show someone reading the New York Times? Or instead of featuring New York City in a movie, does it have to be Gotham City or Metropolis?
Followup: Woops, scratch that–as Kurt Kober writes: “It can’t be Gotham or Metropolis, or the DC Comics lawyers would swoop down. I recommend “Genericopolis” but then, that’s MY intellectual property, so if you use it, I’m gonna have to serve notice.”
How about Galambosopolis?
10:22 am on October 16, 2003
