I’ve been thinking about Larry Lessig’s modalities for an upcoming piece I have coming out on copyright enforcement. And because my beloved Pittsburgh Steelers are playing the Dolphins of my adoptive hometown today, I’m also thinking about football. As any football fan knows, the league is concerned over head injuries and last week fined several […]
While thinking about final exam topics for intellectual property, I came across this 2007 video from Pittsburgh’s WTAE-TV. It’s too interesting not to share. Mr. Yuk appears on stickers. Parents put his green scowling face (think the ultimate anti-smiley face) onto containers of poisonous household substances. The idea: evil face, poison, don’t drink! Mr. Yuk […]
Years ago, I loved the Coke commercial where a little boy offers a Coke to a tired Mean Joe Greene. Great ad, especially considering that at the time, Greene was a fearsome and feared player. So I was looking forward to the update of the ad with Steelers great Troy Polamalu. Post-game verdict: fun but […]
The upcoming Superbowl is as good a time as any to see the Muppets’ great Mahna Mahna remixed as a tribute to the Steelers’ Troy Polamalu: My sister and I loved singing the original as kids. (Still do.) Speaking of Polamalu, during the game he’ll be starring in a re-imagining of the classic Mean Joe […]
