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FORKNI-L Digest - 25 Oct 2005 to 26 Oct 2005 (#2005-285)

Wed, 26 Oct 2005

There are 6 messages totalling 140 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

  1. Today's Birthday:  October 26
  2. FK Moment - sort of (5)

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Date:    Wed, 26 Oct 2005 06:18:44 -0500
From:    eowyn23@j.......
Subject: Today's Birthday:  October 26

Hi Y'all!

Today is the birthday of: Jason DeLong         jasondelong2000@y......

You may send birthday greetings to Jason at the above email address.
Please NOT to the list!

Others who share this birthday:
Minnie Pearl, Entertainer
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator
Johann Strauss, Composer
Pablo Picasso, Painter
Mahalia Jackson, Gospel singer

Significant events on this date:
1858, Hamilton Smith patents the rotary washing machine.
1863, Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva
1960, The Accutron, the world's first electronic wristwatch, goes on
sale.
1984, Baby Fae receives the first baboon heart transplanted into a human.

I hope you have a very Happy Birthday, Jason!

If you would like to be added to the birthday announcements, please send
your name, birthdate (no year needed) and email address to me,
eowyn23@j......., privately, and I'll be glad to add you.

Terri
eowyn23@j.......
GWDFC, FK X-Stitcher, Proud Survivor of FK Fic Wars 8-12, Texas Knight
Dreamers, Knighties List Owner, Keeper of the FK Birthday List

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Date:    Wed, 26 Oct 2005 14:58:45 +0200
From:    CousinLucilla <cousinlucilla@f.......>
Subject: FK Moment - sort of

I watched a German TV Movie the other day which was called "Return of
the Black Buddha".
Its hero, and, yes, his name is Nick, gets his hands on this statue of a
black Buddha which brings doom on everyone who isn't the rightful owner
and which can tell the future.

Since the movie is from 2000 I kept wondering if its author watched a
certain show in the 90s.

Doris

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Date:    Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:24:59 -0700
From:    Kristen Fife <fenix23fyre@y......>
Subject: Re: FK Moment - sort of

Oh, GEEZ. I wonder if that counts as plaigarism. I did
a quick Google search to see if there was some sort of
an actual legend associated with "Black Buddha". Nope.
SOMEONE needs to talk to his/her muse about ORIGINAL
THEMES :)

--- CousinLucilla <cousinlucilla@f.......> wrote:

Since the movie is from 2000 I kept wondering if its
author watched a certain show in the 90s.

> Doris

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Date:    Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:53:14 -0700
From:    Michele C <mobody_62@y......>
Subject: Re: FK Moment - sort of

Probably not unless the movie were to air in the US


--- Kristen Fife <fenix23fyre@y......> wrote:

> Oh, GEEZ. I wonder if that counts as plaigarism. I
> did


Naturally, the common people don't want war, but they can always be brought to
the bidding of the leaders.  Tell them they are being attacked, and denounce
the pacifists for lack of patriotism and endangering the country.  -- Herman
Goering

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Date:    Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:19:56 -0700
From:    Kristen Fife <fenix23fyre@y......>
Subject: Re: FK Moment - sort of

International copyright and trademark laws are pretty
strict; I work in the Law and Corporate Affairs
recruiting group at my company and I do quite a bit of
research on it. Depending on the script, it may
actually be infringement. But, it is Sony's problem
not ours :)

--- Michele C <mobody_62@y......> wrote:

> Probably not unless the movie were to air in the US
>

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Date:    Wed, 26 Oct 2005 14:33:25 -0400
From:    libratsie@a.......
Subject: Re: FK Moment - sort of

If it was a copyright violation in the US, it most likely would be in Canada as
well, and vice versa.  But one has to remember that just because they both
contain vampires and a 'black Buddha,' it doesn't mean they are in other ways
alike. Otherwise, one could argue that Forever Knight  was a plagarism of PN Elrod's
vampire detective stories (the first of which was written pre-FK) or of Lee
Killough's, which may pre-date Elrod's (although Pat/PN didn't know of the
existence of Killough's books at the time). After all, the main characters are all
detectives who are vampires.

And who isn't to say that the movie script didn't pre-date the FK episode?
Scripts/ideas aren't always filmed immediately<g>

Most likely, you could even give several writers the subject of "vampire and
cursed Black Buddha" and you'll end up with majorly different stories from each
writer (although there may be elements which are the same). That's why fanfic
challenges are so much fun - challenge with an idea for a story and see how many
different ones the writers can post.

--Libs

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