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The BBC has come down hard on a crafty "Doctor Who" fan who posted how-to-knit patterns for several of the shows monsters on her Web site.

Reports the, um, BBC:

The patterns of Ood and Adipose were removed from her website after the BBC's commercial arm complained that they breached its trademarks.

...BBC Worldwide said it acted because finished figures were being sold by others on auction website eBay.

...The 26-year-old, who does not want to be identified other than as her online moniker of Mazzmatazz, said: "All I want is the BBC to be fair."

"I'm just an ordinary fan, who happens to like knitting and sci-fi, and everything has just gone a bit crazy," she said on her website.


Nasty BBC. These things are cute!
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Picture from here.

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Larry Levine, the audio engineer who helped producer Phil Spector build his Wall of Sound has died at age 80, NME reports.

Levine became Spector’s longtime recording engineer after the pair worked together on The Crystals’ ‘He’s A Rebel’, and they went on to work together on such classics as ‘Da Doo Ron Ron’, The Righteous Brothers' ‘You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling’, and Ike & Tina Turner’s smash ‘River Deep, Mountain High’.

In addition to his work with Spector, Levine worked with many legendary acts including The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Carpenters and Eddie Cochran.


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Bully takes an awesome look at James Bond book cover designs.

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