January 8, 2008
Comment of the Day: What's the Deal With Lawsuits?
Is it something or nothing that an author's cookbook about hiding pureeed vegetables in children's food is similar to a later-published cookbook about hiding pureeed vegetables in children's food? Well, if the later cookbook's author is Jessica Seinfeld and Jerry Seinfeld refers to the other author as a "wacko" and "nut job," it means a lawsuit is in the works!
Our readers debated the merits of the lawsuit (plagiarism claims are unclear, but defamation seems a sure thing). And there was a brief flashback, courtesy commenter Matty, to a time when there was something about nothing:
If only she invented a coffee table book that is not only about coffee tables it turns into a coffee table if you don't have your own coffee table!Ah, yes, the genius of Cosmo Kramer - who once claimed claimed Calvin Klein stole his idea for The Beach.
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*does pope wave*
Now if only Nick Denton would let me back on Gawker! I could rule the internet!
VOTE MATTYCHICAGO 2008!
Gothamist is becoming more like a 7th grade student blog every passing day. Why rehash material from other blogs when you can do it from your own? And let's award "commendations" for the best comment?
Dude you're just mad you didn't get best commenter of the day.
What's ironic is that Taschen actually published a book, SUMO (Helmut Newton's photography, signed in a an edition of 10,000) that comes with a coffee table designed by Philipe Starck. Life imitating art?