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Like the "Easter eggs" (hidden extras) in DVDs, cameos are a cute freebie for viewers--an inside joke even outsiders can get. And stars enjoy spending a day or two working for scale and promoting themselves as good sports. Sometimes, a bit of deception is required. Says Soderbergh of his quest to land Pitt and Fincher: "I used each of them to get the other. I told Brad David was doing it; I told David Brad was doing...
...products. Smile is starting a brokerage service and may sell insurance. Egg has introduced an electronic bill-payment service, two savings plans and a loan offering. Its Shopping Zone uses other e-tailers to sell everything from computers to lingerie. Beyond home delivery of booze, Smile now sells holidays, dvds and CDs online. Analysts say the nonfinancial items are neither needed nor profitable, but Head thinks "it's an experiment worth going for to see what actually happens." If Smile's alcohol effort succeeds, could wine bars in traditional bank branches be next...
...silly old bear. In 1961 Disney licensed certain rights to the character of Winnie-the-Pooh from literary agent Stephen Slesinger, who had acquired U.S. merchandising rights from A.A. Milne, author of the books featuring Pooh and Christopher Robin. That contract made no mention of videotapes, computer games or DVDs--because such uses either didn't exist or weren't widespread when the deal was made...
...though, Disney's sales of Pooh products, including videos, DVDs and interactive storybooks, bring in more than $4 billion a year, making Pooh the most popular Disney character, ahead of even Mickey, according to lawyers for the heirs of Slesinger, now deceased. Disney denies that math, but the heirs are suing for back royalties of $500 million to $1 billion and unspecified punitive damages. They even want a share of profits from theme-park rides like Pooh's Honey Hunt in Tokyo...
...confiscated two computers, some data CDs, a cell phone and its charger. What had Johansen done? He'd just watched some movies. Later this year, Johansen, now 18, will stand trial for hacking. Prosecutors say that's what he did by co-authoring a program called DECSS, which decrypts DVDs so that he can watch the movies - which he bought legally - on his computer. Some may have called that money-saving ingenuity - he didn't have to buy a stand-alone DVD player - but the entertainment industry saw it as a threat to its revenue stream and Norwegian authorities...