Insights at the intersection of digital and mobile technology, innovation and the law
“If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.”
Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Annie Johnson (1928 – 2014) was a renown and prolific American writer who, in a career spanning more than 50 years, wrote autobiographies, essays, poetry, plays, movies and television shows. She achieved international acclaim with her first autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, published in 1969.
Only one Pope in history served as Pope more than once – curiously, he was one of the youngest in history and was the only man to have ever been accused of selling the papacy! Can you identify who that was?
“Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”
Eric Arthur Blair (1903–1950), an English novelist, journalist and essayist was most well-known by his pen name, George Orwell
Why are we always so happy when they X-ray your head after an accident and tell you they found nothing? (05-23-2014)
“The capacity to learn is a gift; The ability to learn is a skill; The willingness to learn is a choice.”
Brian Patrick Herbert, an American author born in 1947 and the elder son of science fiction writer, Frank Herbert. The quote is from his work Dune: House Harkonnen (2000).
In 1918 there were no Academy Awards. But there was another Oscar! Oscar Micheaux, who taught us something about financing media and entertainment projects – perhaps the first crowd funding entrepreneur in the publishing and motion picture industry.
If you would like to know more about crowd funding and what’s new and what’s next (and about Oscar), you can read about it in Volume 25, Issue 3 of the Entertainment Law Review, where an article about crowd funding, authored by Joseph I. Rosenbaum, was first published by Sweet and Maxwell in London (a Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited company.
You can read Joe’s entire article or download the PDF for your own personal use (i.e., not for redistribution) right here: Crowd Funding – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Investment Bank. [PDF]
As always, if you want to know more about Crowd Funding (or any other matter requiring legal representation, counsel or guidance, please contact me, Joe Rosenbaum, or the Rimon attorney with whom you regularly work.
Next Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at 1 p.m. EDT, the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) will be providing a complimentary webinar entitled:
Bot Fraud: How to Protect Your Company and Brand
Bots—computer-generated, phony website visitors designed to mimic real traffic and trick advertisers into paying for non-human traffic—are a serious problem for digital marketers, causing damage in terms of CPM, revenue, and reputation. As this problem grows more prolific (and the bot technology more sophisticated), it’s imperative for advertisers and marketers to learn how to protect their companies and their brands.
To register and learn more, visit the ANA’s website.
Date and Time: Tuesday, May 13, 2014, 1 p.m. EDT
Bot Fraud: How to Protect Your Company and Your Brand is part of a series of complimentary webinars from the ANA Government Relations group focused on legal and regulatory issues currently affecting the marketing community.
“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”
Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904–1991) an American writer and cartoonist, most widely known for his children’s books written and illustrated as Dr. Seuss. He began using pen name Dr. Theophrastus Seuss in college.
Our last trivia question (UBCF) asked what connection storm and hurricanes have with the Beatles.
In August of 1962, The Beatles replaced drummer Pete Best with Ringo Starr (born Richard Starkey), a drummer who was with another popular local group known as Rory Storm & the Hurricanes. In September of 1962, Ringo Starr had been with the Beatles for only a few weeks when they recorded their first double-side singles recording – two songs written by Lennon-McCartney entitled "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You".
Most people associate storms and hurricanes with weather and natural disasters, but one storm and some hurricanes have a relationship to The Beatles way back in the early 1960s. Can you guess the connection?