Sister Girl's Life Is Better Than Mine, Day Three

[cleolinda]

"HEY..."

"Yeah?"

"I KNOW IT'S LOUD IN HERE [at ComicCon], SORRY... I CAN'T GET IN TO SEE NEIL GAIMAN, SO..."

"Oh, I didn't think you'd be able to, you've got to pay like $500 just to get near him..."

"YEAH... SO... THERE'S A MARIE ANTOINETTE FIGURE, IT'S GOT, LIKE, AN EJECTOR HEAD, WOULD YOU WANT THAT? THERE'S A DA VINCI, AND A..."

"Oh, yeah, those. There's like a Jane Austen and a Jesus, isn't there?"

"YEAH, BUT... THERE'S A MARIE ANTOINETTE. DO YOU WANT THAT?"

"Sure."

"OH, AND I MET SETH GREEN. AND IT WAS AWESOME."

"Heh."

"YEAH, APPARENTLY HE'S HERE BECAUSE HE WROTE A GRAPHIC NOVEL, AND THEY WERE LIKE, STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND COME HERE, THIS IS A BUYER AND THIS IS THE BUYER'S GIRLFRIEND, AND HE WAS LIKE, 'HEY....' AND IT WAS AWESOME."

(laughter)

Comments

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

I think I've seen those dolls in Urban Outfitters.

[girlalmighty]

Hee, my little sister has one of those Marie Antoinettes! She had a Petit Trianon-themed birthday last year when she turned 17 and her best friend gave her one.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

MOST AWESOME BIRTHDAY EVER.

(On the other end of the scale, I was actually watching Marie Antoinette the other day, and I always get jealous of her crazy-awesome birthday party. See also: What My 30th Will Not Be Cool Enough to Be Like.)

[girlalmighty]

Oh yeah, it was great. We had dinner by candlelight in the backyard, played roulette, watched the movie and so on. She assigned each of her friends a part to play and they all came in costume, bless them, trying to stay in character.

And man, seriously. The parties in that movie are incredible. Now I want to watch it again.

[gabsy.livejournal.com]

Aww, Seth Green.

[leucocrystal]

Sweet icon! Gotta love Seth.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

Ha! Awesome. A friend of mine is at NY Comic-Con too.

[pygmymetal.livejournal.com]

Your sister is at Comic-Con and you're not??

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm not the one dating the comics buyer.

[live-in-morocco.livejournal.com]

i went to the first comic con a couple years ago and it was so much fun. i haven't been able to make it back since...maybe next year.

[eu-splinched.livejournal.com]

This makes me want to register for San Diego's Comic Con.

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

Heh. I met Seth Green at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2000, I think - he was still on Buffy, but my nephews were beside themselves because OMG IT'S SCOTT EVIL. He was very sweet to them. He is a wee little man and we came across him on the dealers' floor while he rooted through the bargain action figures, no doubt while visions of Robot Chicken floated through his head even then.

[sneaky-minx.livejournal.com]

Oh, yay for Sister Girl! I've seen some of Seth's graphic novel and it looked quite cool. I always meant to get myself a copy to check it out. I know there was some talk about a possible movie or something based off of it. But anyway, it sounds like she's having a great time. Although, I hope she's not enjoying rubbing it in your face too much.

[barrelgoddess.livejournal.com]

Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilllll~

I wanna go. T_T Just for NEIL GAIMAN.

[elfstones.livejournal.com]

My class bought that Marie Antoinette figure for our History teaching when we left school. She loved it and kept pinging the head off all the way through the lesson!

[edda.livejournal.com]

*squee*

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

Wait, your sister's boyfriend is a comics-buyer? What does that mean - does he have a store?

Man, your family just gets cooler all the time. Hee.

Those dolls are ridiculous. Heh.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Nah, he's the national buyer for Books-a-Million and he's younger than me. Basically, he's in charge of deciding which comics, graphic novels, mangas, etc., go on the stores' shelves.

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's so cool! We have a nice Books-a-Million in the Dupont Circle area. I like it pretty well.

In other things, while I was looking at some Orphan Works stuff, I came across this article:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/24/creative_commons_deception/

regarding Creative Commons. Don't you use their licensing policy on some of your stuff? I thought you should be aware.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I've stopped using those. Now, whenever I used them, I was very careful to spell out whatever I was and was not permitting (make icons, do not repost). The only reason I used them, really, was because it gave an official veneer--it's like, people didn't believe me when I said the piece was copyrighted unless I "applied for" the little graphic at the bottom. There's a severe misunderstanding of the way copyright works for so many, many people. Particularly the way people seem to believe that putting something on the internet = public domain. I really believe people confuse "public access" with "public domain."

Hmm. Since copyright is flexible in the sense that you can specify exactly what you want to permit when you want to permit it, I wonder if I should put a graphic that says "ALL rights reserved," and then in text add, "Except that icons, links, and quotations are okay." I mean those might be fair use anyway, but people may not know that off the top of their heads.

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

Yeah - I haven't really looked at what the Creative Commons license says, but the reason I've never really thought it was needed is that I'd prefer to just go with saying the work is copyrighted under federal law, because then there are fewer potential loopholes, and for the loopholes that exist, court cases exist to decide the issues. In other words, as we say, "the law is more settled." I don't know that there have been many cases regarding Creative Commons before this one, so there's less guidance on how it would be interpreted if there's misuse.

Certainly, if you say something like, "If you want to make icons based on this, link to this, or quote reasonable portions of this, you may do so, provided you credit Cleolinda Jones and/or link to the original post or source. All other rights are reserved to Cleolinda Jones under the federal copyright laws" I believe that would accomplish your goal (your goal here being to a) make sure people know your work is protected and they should credit; b) not accidentally lose protections; and c) not have every single person email you and ask if they can link).

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

Oh, and also, since The Internet Iz Awesome, you could even link to the specific Copyright provisions in your statement - that way, those who don't really know the law can at least look at it if they aren't sure about rights.

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Dude, that sounds like an AWESOME job!

*envious*

[kvschwartz.livejournal.com]

Your sister met Seth Green. Who is Scott Evil. Who is the son of Dr. Evil. Who is Michael Myers. Who dated one of my cousins.

Ergo: you and I are related.

[malanai.livejournal.com]

JEALOUS. Seth is a hottie ^_^