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...generation of very poor and very young Black youth are in violent rebellion against fatherlessness and by large extension law and order. As I as a piece published in the Boston Globe, “this largely unacknowledged crisis is part of a larger international narrative: from Kingston to London from Los Angeles to Chicago, we are witnessing the globalization of ‘thug life’…this phenomenon has emerged as a powerful symbol of the cultural and political decay of Black civil society...
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...December, the Times of London reported that Popeye would soon fall out of copyright in Europe, where the law allows publishing houses to charge licensing fees for reproduction of original material for 70 years after the death of the creator. (U.S. law protects works for 95 years after the initial copyright.) Popeye first featured in the Thimble Theatre comic strip just as the Great Depression got under way in 1929; his creator, Elzie Segar, died in 1938. (See pictures of the greatest animated movies...
...just getting to the stage where what is still considered 'contemporary culture' has started to fall into the public domain. Even the Beatles' recordings will begin to come out of European copyright in 2012 under the current law," says Mark Owen, intellectual-property partner at the London-based law firm Harbottle & Lewis. "The differing laws are causing tensions, particularly on the Internet, where it's unclear how they should be enforced." (See pictures of the Beatles in Liverpool, England...
...What They're Buying in Britain: A coalition of environmental activists has purchased a small plot of land earmarked for a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport and plans to sell it in several thousand chunks in a bid to snarl the proposed development. The group, which includes Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson, says the expansion would force the demolition of homes and increase pollution...