Right I figured that, but when did someone in his family have the wherewithal and foresight to copyright that stuff? I know he was one of the most popular scientists in modern history, but back in the day, were people paying dough to use his likeness and stuff? I mean, when did someone first do the Einstein-with-his-tongue-sticking-out-t-shirt, and was his estate able to copyright it? Can one do some kind of legal thing to copyright all future usages of a person's image, no matter the medium?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 6:05:08 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Jackson third richest dead celebrity I'm thinking that Einstein made money off of his image being used in commercials and stuff. That really ads up. From: Keith Johnson Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 2:42 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Jackson third richest dead celebrity Being too lazy to Google, i want to ask who is Jimmy Spelling? And to what is Einstein's earning attributed? Did his widow or first wife secure any rights to anything earned through his name? Does his estate make money somehow (I'm thinking of all those t-shirts with his mug, sticking is tongue out, are those copyrwrited?) I will say, "Dr. Seuss" deserves to be on the list, as does Charles Schulz. I watched "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" this week on ABC, which makes, oh, I guess the thirty-seventh or thirty-eighth straight year i've done so. I love "A Charlie Brown Christmas" even more, but haven't watched it the last two years. Deaths in my wife's and my families made it too hard to watch, as both of us were hit by memories of loved ones gone with whom we used to enjoy it. But Imma assay to watch it again this Christmas: the season just ain't right without Charlie sticking up for the real meaning of Christmas! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelwyn" < ravena...@yahoo.com > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 8:45:27 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Jackson third richest dead celebrity I love Forbe's richest dead celebrity list. Dead people making more coin that living peoples appeals to both my sense of the macabre and my sense of paradox. (I would scratch Yves Saint Laurent from this list because (a) he lives on as a corporate entity (b) the bulk of the $350 million was not earned from creative work Laurent did while he was alive and (c) Laurent is not a celebrity. I'm just sayin.'). ~rave! Jackson third richest dead celebrity (UKPA) – 2 hours ago Despite raking in millions of dollars through the sale of rights to footage of his final rehearsals, Michael Jackson is not the top-earning dead celebrity, a new survey has found. Forbes magazine puts the former King of Pop in third place behind Yves Saint Laurent and composing duo Rodgers and Hammerstein ($235 million). The fashion designer earned 350 million dollars (£214 million) over the past year, dwarfing the 90 million dollars (£55 million) taken in by the Jackson estate. Laurent, who died of brain cancer in 2008, appears at the top of the index largely due to an auction of artwork including paintings by Mondrian and Matisse that he once owned. The bulk of Jackson's posthumous cash came through selling the rights to This Is It, a film based on rehearsal footage for what would have been his comeback concerts in London. Forbes estimates that this income was bumped up by the sale of around 9 million albums and 5.5 millions digital downloads since his death in June. Elvis Presley came in fourth in the list, making 55 million dollars (£34 million) over the last 12 months. 1. Yves Saint Laurent ($350 mil) 2. Rogers and Hammerstein ($235 mil) 3. Michael Jackson ($90 mil) 4. Elvis Presley ($55 mil) 5. J.R.R. Tolkien ($50) 6. Charles Schulz ($35) 7. John Lennon ($15) 8. Dr. Seuss ($15) 9. Albert Einstein ($10) 10. Michael Cricton ($9) 11. Aaron Spelling ($8) 12. Jimi Spelling ($8) 13. Andy Warhol ($6) -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
