S08E07 - The Backrooms, Slender Man, IP, and Kids These Days
Jul 1, 20261h 3m0
We go over the cultural phenomenon of The Backrooms and examine the IP issues with building a movie out of the zeitgeist.
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A podcast about geek culture..by lawyers. Can I patent a time machine? Who owns the copyright to the Klingon language? Can I sell my original story set in the Star Wars universe? We are here to discuss the many weird and interesting ways that geek culture collides with the law. @LGGpod
Unknown Host hosts A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast, a society show with 150 episodes published.
We go over the cultural phenomenon of The Backrooms and examine the IP issues with building a movie out of the zeitgeist.
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