| Why should it be illegal to misquote someone who is dead? That doesn't make a lot of intuitive sense to me. As Abraham Lincoln once said: "Don't believe everything you read on the Internet just because there's a picture with a quote next to it." Uh oh, time to throw me in jail, right!? I realize that misinformation can be a powerfully bad thing in this world, but I think there must be better ways to deal with it than turning a dead person's image into a lucrative capitalist enterprise. Apple gets to use Einstein's image to advertise their products because they could afford to pay the $600,000 fee, but I can't use Einstein's image to promote my business because, sorry, I'm not a worthy enough capitalist. > The money is going to a Top University. Oh, that makes it all better! Top Universities (TM) have the unique ability to avoid all issues monetary related to corruption prevalent in other institutions. (/s) I'm going to guess that this money is going to be spent on things like academics, perhaps the next Einstein will earn $9 million per year to perform groundbreaking research! https://stanforddaily.com/2022/02/06/congressional-probe-int... |