# Arrogant pop stars

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrogant-pop-stars/10881>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 8, 1999, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrogant-pop-stars/10881 "1999-11-08T21:46:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 1999, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrogant-pop-stars/10881/21 "1999-11-10T01:44:00Z")

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My local paper just published a quote from the Wife of the Artist . . . just what does she call him, anyway?

“Honey.”

your humble TubaDiva  
“Usually I just go stand in front of him if I want to get his attention.” A quote.

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**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 1999, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrogant-pop-stars/10881/22 "1999-11-10T22:54:00Z")

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Radar Ralph, you are absolutely correct about the handle. It’s a reference for my former career and a play on my name.

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**Author:** ![radar\_ralf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@radar\_ralf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/radar_ralf)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 1999, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrogant-pop-stars/10881/23 "1999-11-11T15:03:00Z")

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Padeye: Been an a carrier once or twice my own self…

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**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 1999, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrogant-pop-stars/10881/24 "1999-11-11T16:23:00Z")

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    - Could Cristopher Reeves be classified as a pop star? The only role he ever played that most people can remember is “Superman”. I saw an article in the newspaper a few days back in which he said that(paraphrasing): “Scientists can already cure paralysis but they won’t do it because they’re arguing over who will get the Nobel Prize.”

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    - How about “Pop-star on the verge of cracking up?” - MC

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**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrogant-pop-stars/10881/25 "1999-11-12T06:14:00Z")

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Veb, it’s about to get even easier for corporation’s to pull that crap. Congress has passed and sent to the President a bill making it illegal to “cybersquat”; that is, to buy up domain names and site names that include trademarket and copyrighted materials, in the hopes of selling them to a copyright or trademark holder for big bucks.

What a wrench this throws into intellectual property law. The implication is that, for example, McDonald’s having registered “Golden Arches” as a service mark, by extension they _automatically_ own “[www.goldenarches.com](http://www.goldenarches.com)” without having to pay to register it, and can take it away from someone else and pursue legal action.

Just goes to show you how free the free marketers really want things. If they don’t have the foresight to register those websites, screw 'em. And who gets to own “[www.eclipse.com](http://www.eclipse.com)”? Eclipse the car, Eclipse the drink, or Eclipse the breath mint? Does McDonald’s also get to own mcdonald’[s.org](http://s.org) and [mcdonalds.net](http://mcdonalds.net) for free, too?

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