Howdy, Oskar Kolberg was an etnographer, folklorist and composer, living in 19th century:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Kolberg The Oscars is annually awarded prizes by some motion pictures academy. "Ludowy Oskar" (Folk Oskar) is annually awarded prize for most interesting folk events/initiatives. There is also "Kolberg Prize", awarded by Polish Ministry of Culture and few cultural organisations. Both "oscar" and "oskar" words are now trademarked in Poland (guess by who), although I couldn't find since when. "Folk Oskar" is being awarded since 2002. Obviously, "Folk Oskar" has nothing to do with "movie Oscar". I wouldn't care much about same name being used, but some other people cared and sued Stowarzyszenie Tworcow Ludowych (Association of Folk Artists) for this. They argue that "Folk O" parasites on fame and prestige of "movie O". Well. About "prestige", I wouldn't bet. About fame, I'd say it is going to be much more famed, since I wrote about it - and I wouldn't had I been not pissed off by greed of some SOB bunch. As a side note, it needs to be mentioned - one's strength can be easily recognized by strength of one's enemies. I have long considered US-made films harder and harder to watch (with some notable exceptions). Now, here is even better, less subjective proof that US film industry is sinking. Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home ** ** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... ** ** ** ** Tomasz Rola mailto:[email protected] **
