08-14-2003, 05:18 PM
Start spreading the news...He didn't leave us just yet.
http://money.cnn.com/2003/07/23/pf/saving/...elebs/index.htm
Frank Sinatra might've died in 1998, but his music will live on. Still, I didn't think he'd be holding a concert at the Radio City Music Hall in 2003. What happened? Did he fake his death? Nope. People are going to "resurrect" him with technology to give the illusion that he's actually on stage singing and dancing. If you saw the Al Pacino movie "Simone", you'll have some idea of what they probably have planned.
Talk about hard working. The man is dead and he's still going out on tour, now that's dedication.
Seriously though, don't you just love the examples they show of Gandhi pitching Visa and Martin Luther King Jr selling Cell Phones? I understand that certain pieces of intellectual property like plays and musicals become community property without the need to pay royalties after a certain amount of time, but this just seems to not only reek of exploitation, but dishonoring the dead.
I'd have no qualm with a projection of Martin Luther King Jr. standing behind a podium, giving his famous "I have a dream" speech in front of an audience of school children, provided that there was no admission rate for the action. That would be continuing his legacy, but somehow I doubt he intended to be selling Cell Phones if he were alive in 2003. Sinatra might've still wanted to perform for a fee if he could today, so that may seem more appropriate.
Still, I think some distinctive lines need to be drawn. Some of the things advertisers do would probably have these people rolling in their graves. Let them rest in peace.
I don't even know what to say beyond that.
-Grim-
http://money.cnn.com/2003/07/23/pf/saving/...elebs/index.htm
Frank Sinatra might've died in 1998, but his music will live on. Still, I didn't think he'd be holding a concert at the Radio City Music Hall in 2003. What happened? Did he fake his death? Nope. People are going to "resurrect" him with technology to give the illusion that he's actually on stage singing and dancing. If you saw the Al Pacino movie "Simone", you'll have some idea of what they probably have planned.
Talk about hard working. The man is dead and he's still going out on tour, now that's dedication.
Seriously though, don't you just love the examples they show of Gandhi pitching Visa and Martin Luther King Jr selling Cell Phones? I understand that certain pieces of intellectual property like plays and musicals become community property without the need to pay royalties after a certain amount of time, but this just seems to not only reek of exploitation, but dishonoring the dead.
I'd have no qualm with a projection of Martin Luther King Jr. standing behind a podium, giving his famous "I have a dream" speech in front of an audience of school children, provided that there was no admission rate for the action. That would be continuing his legacy, but somehow I doubt he intended to be selling Cell Phones if he were alive in 2003. Sinatra might've still wanted to perform for a fee if he could today, so that may seem more appropriate.
Still, I think some distinctive lines need to be drawn. Some of the things advertisers do would probably have these people rolling in their graves. Let them rest in peace.
I don't even know what to say beyond that.
-Grim-
Kwansu, dudes! - A whole bunch of Patu San citizens.