I knew this was coming. Did you hear? Google just released a new “Superphone” and it’s pretty nifty or so I’ve heard. They’ve decided to call it the Nexus One. Now I think it’s pretty obvious here that since Google has called the operating system in the phone (and in many others) Android and now their own personal phone the Nexus One, that this is a direct reference to the line of Replicants in the greatest movie of all time, a film called “Blade Runner”. This tickles me to death actually. Someone had to start the ball rolling. We start with the Nexus One and then progress through the many layers and folds and versions of hardware and bioware until eventually we get to Roy Batty’s supreme badness with the Nexus Six.
Well, this reference has also caught the eye of the estate of Phillip K. Dick’s, the man that wrote the novel, “Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep”, that “Blade Runner” is based on. Isa Dick Hackett, a daughter of Mr. Dick and the chief executive of Electric Shepherd Productions, thinks this is an infringement on their intellectual property rights. I guess the question is. When you think Nexus One, do you automatically think Phillip K. Dick? The Wall Street Journal has a nice piece on this and it even has a quote from a real live lawyer. Imagine that? Now just because I make this reference doesn’t mean that the general public will. I am rather obsessed with this movie. Let’s see how this all plays out. I would imagine that Google predicted this possibility. Google probably has a few lawyers of their own. Thanks /Film for the original link.
