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...years, is now a fallen woman. Or at least about eight months pregnant, judging from an advertisement promoting maternity fashions in Chicago. Quick to defend her honor, United Feature Syndicate, which distributes the Peanuts comic strip created by Charles Schulz, has sued Maternity Shop Owner Bernard Poticha. Charging copyright infringement and unfair trade practices, the lawsuit demands that Poticha stop using the ad and seeks $50,000 damages. Lucy "has been consistently and continuously portrayed ... as a young, unmarried girl," says the complaint. To portray her as pregnant is "degrading and offensive ... and tends to destroy the wholesome image...
...operator will be able to add programs from stations in Indianapolis, Sioux City, Iowa, and several other points. Moreover, it will not need to get the consent of, or make any payment to, the broadcaster whose signal it picks up, though the cable operator will have to pay small copyright fees to the owner of the program. Broadcasters are sure to make an angry challenge of this aspect of the proposed FCC ruling in Congress. Quite as important as the effect of the proposed ruling is the shift in FCC philosophy that it indicates. The FCC had always been eager...
...complaints of American actors and producers that the British are taking over seem perversely petty. "Because they study Shakespeare at an early age and practice their craft, English actors are better suited to do Shakespeare," Messina argues. "Besides, the plays are there. There's no copyright. If the Americans want to do Shakespeare, then why don't they?" Good question. - Gerald Clarke
Bradlee: Tough luck, kid. But you can't copyright news. Remember, even the Attorney General of the U.S. couldn't stop us from printing the Pentagon papers...
...they are willing to pay for reprint rights. Even at the Post, William B. Dickinson Jr., head of the company's syndicate and book publishing arm, frets: "There's a question of whether there's a balance evolving in favor of public disclosure, as opposed to copyright and property right...