Lateral with Tom Scott
70: Holding up a desk lamp
Feb 9, 2024
Topics discussed include Tokyo Narita Airport signage, the story behind the Columbia Pictures logo, confusing terms in a Dungeons and Dragons book, navigating a cruise ship under a low bridge, copyright infringement in Roosevelt's campaign, and a postal service change in Nebraska.
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- Theodore Roosevelt's team licensed a copyrighted photo to use in his campaign pamphlets, offering the studio exposure as payment.
- The cruise ship Oasis of the Seas used retracting smoke stacks and increased speed to safely pass beneath a low bridge.
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Theodore Roosevelt's Pamphlets and the Copyright Note
In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt decided to rerun for president and printed three million pamphlets featuring his photo and a speech. However, his team later noticed that the photo had a copyright note. To turn the situation around, they licensed the photo from the studio that took it, offering them exposure as a form of payment.
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