The further problem is that even if it was undisputed that Weinstein said Judd and Sorvino were were “‘nightmares’ to work with and should be avoided ‘at all costs,’” that still might not be sufficient to state a claim since at least the specific quoted statements sound like expressions of opinion, not statements of…

one of the values of sport is to level the playing field when someone is born with an advantage?

Uh, assuming by “top shot” you mean the photo at the top of the post, that’s exactly what I was looking at. I have no knowledge what this guy looks like other than that picture and the screen shot for the embedded YouTube video.

Your middle-aged weird uncles must have a great skin regimen, as I would never have said this guy looks middle aged. I would have guessed he was in his 20s.

I’m pretty sure that means you’re deducting something or claiming a tax credit you shouldn’t, because the math for most deductions and tax credits are pretty straightforward such that it should be impossible for the software to get it wrong as long the eligibility information is input correctly.

I’ve actually been surprised that there hasn’t been more discussion about whether copyright terms will get extended again. I think Disney isn’t as optimistic about getting another extension passed and that’s why they’ve been on a rampage of acquiring other major IP owners (Marvel, Lucasfilms, etc.) over the last…

Based on some articles I’ve read, Lovecraft’s works should probably all be in the public domain already (the issue is whether they were copyrighted by Lovecraft individually — in which case they are all public domain — or by various publishers, in which case only his earlier works are in the public domain), but…

I starred your comment because your overall point is correct, but I think it’s very important to point out that U.S. copyright terms are the same length or longer than most other countries’ copyright terms, with only a handful of exceptions (e.g., the perpetual copyright for Peter Pan in the U.K.) that I’m aware of.…

If you take a photograph of a painting/photo in such a way that the original work makes up a substantial part of your photo, you’ve probably violated the copyright on the original work. With sculptures, you can violate the copyright by, for example, making a replica that resembles the original too closely.

Although it doesn’t appear the songwriter has directly confirmed it, there’s speculation that he was influenced by a shortage of Gros Michel bananas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes!_We_Have_No_Bananas

In Young’s dispute, he claimed that direct-feed footage from scores, as well as other submissions from Mitchell, showed that Mitchell had used MAME. Young’s claim centered on the fact that arcade cabinets load Donkey Kong levels from one side of the screen to the other while MAME loads them in large chunks. Looking at…

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Just like it’s never lupus on House, it’s always incest on prestige television.

I’d say that’s racist, but since this accident took place in China, there’s a greater than 50% chance the driver was, in fact, an Asian woman, so I’ll allow it.

The episode where Apu is facing deportation and when he was doing his citizenship test, he had more knowledge about US history than the white characters was eye-opening to me because I never interacted with first generation immigrants. I knew it was a joke, but had this realization about how little knowledge some…

+1 for Kory Stamper’s view — I eat pho because I use a spoon, but I drink miso soup because I just lift up the bowl and put it to my lips with no utensil involved.

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That’s really the most overlooked aspect of this whole thing. The headline should have read:

There’s lots of oil in Iraq; that’s different from fuel. Iraqi oil refining infrastructure has been badly degraded and fuel storage sites are easily attacked and destroyed, meaning that Iraq in fact is still operating under a fuel shortage. And I’m pretty sure that trying to run an M1 tank on crude oil will end badly…

That’s a burn!