The movie studios have marketing data that shows a correlation between marketing success and profit (or loss, if Stan Lee is reading). Origin stories are easy: characters already well known and script already drafted. Movie studios actively reject smaller markets, like those with new creative intellectual ideas.

The blogger isn't being sued by Benihana. According to the court order translation, he is being sued by a corporation (Las Palmas Company) that owns many restaurants, including the Benihana franchise reviewed. Of course, Benihana would want to know if Las Palmas is giving them a bad reputation.

Every piece of snail mail I receive ends up in 20 pieces.

Thanks for the link. In the Smith V. Doe case, the court found that the public address listing of convicted sex offenders was primarily for public safety rather than punishment (incorrectly IMO). The published facts of the Evesham situation make it difficult to argue the same, as some of the victims have not yet been convicted, and there is no question of public safety based on the type of crimes alleged. The police readily admit as much: "This arms the public with information and puts a face with a name," said Evesham police Lt. Walt Miller.

RIAA is an acronym designed to allow these companies to harm people anonymously. Can't we come up with a better acronym from the 'big 4': EMI, Sony, Universal, and Warner? How about: WSUE - all lawsuit radio

The Catholic church also demonized the use of condoms, further spreading HIV.

Think Progress has updated their site, standing behind the news that "No Net Brutality" was influenced by industry/lobbyists.

Well, it should be, 'think how stupid the MEDIAN guy is...'

Prison population rates (per 100,000 citizens): U.S.; 756 Sweden; 74. I much prefer the concept of the 'anything but the American prison factory' system.

Sure it is difficult to determine truth with multi-trillion dollar corporate PR campaigns, but it is much easier to determine truth online than with newspapers or TV, mainly because I can open another browser tab and research the issue from other sources. President of the grammar police, run-on sentence division thank you for reading.