For Halloween and for eternity...What goes great with Zombies and Vampires? Video Tombstones!

SAN MATEO, Calif. - Oct. 6, 2014 - PRLog -- Looking for your next big hit? Take a look at video tombstones and a book called “Cemetery of Lies” by Robert Barrows, the inventor of a video tombstone called the Video Enhanced Gravemarker (U.S. Patent #7,089,495). You can read more about it at www.barrows.com

Video Tombstones will create a whole New Genre of Storytelling, perfect for Movies, Books and TV!

PLUS, VIDEO TOMBSTONES WILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON MANY ASPECTS OF SOCIETY.

VIDEO TOMBSTONES WILL ALSO CREATE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CONTROVERSY AND SOME FASCINATING FREE SPEECH ISSUES BECAUSE WHO KNOWS WHAT KINDS OF THINGS PEOPLE MIGHT SAY FROM BEYOND THEIR GRAVE THROUGH THEIR VIDEO TOMBSTONE...AND WILL IT BE TRUTH OR LIES?

PLUS... VIDEO TOMBSTONES WILL ALSO CREATE A WHOLE NEW GENRE OF STORYTELLING...WITH ALL KINDS OF STORIES BEING TOLD THROUGH VIDEO TOMBSTONES...

...WHAT KINDS OF THINGS MIGHT WE HEAR FROM YOUR VIDEO TOMBSTONE?

*WILL IT BE SECRET CONFESSIONS?

*WILL IT BE ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO SAY NOR NEVER HAD THE GUTS TO SAY WHILE YOU WERE STILL ALIVE?

THAT'S WHAT A BOOK CALLED  “CEMETERY OF LIES” IS ABOUT...

'CEMETERY OF LIES" IS A COLLECTION OF INTIMATE, SECRET CONFESSIONS, AS TOLD FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE THROUGH VIDEO TOMBSTONES...AND IT'S BY ROBERT BARROWS, THE INVENTOR OF A VIDEO TOMBSTONE CALLED THE  VIDEO ENHANCED GRAVEMARKER (U.S. PATENT #7,089,495).

YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT 'CEMETERY OF LIES"  AT www.barrows.com/novel.html

  Video tombstones may create a tremendous amount of controversy

according to Robert Barrows, the inventor of a video tombstone called The Video

Enhanced Gravemarker (U.S. Patent #7089495), because who knows people might say from their video tombstones?

  “What kinds of things would we hear from your video tombstone? he asks. Would you say sweet things to loved ones? Would it finally be time to tell your side of the story? Would it be time to make amends? Or would it be time to say everything you never had the guts to say nor the opportunity to say while you were still alive?”

Imagine the controversies that will arise when video tombstones start appearing in cemeteries on a regular basis.

  For one, it will make cemeteries fascinating places to visit because who knows what you might hear from some of the video tombstones, and cemeteries will come “alive” with all kinds of stories that might be told through video tombstones.

    “And imagine the controversy over the free speech issues” says Barrows.

“The Video Tombstone will create some landmark free speech issues, because how can you control what someone might say from beyond the grave?” he asks.

*And will it be truth or lies?

*What if someone confesses to a crime or makes an incrimination?

*What if they say something slanderous?

*What if they say something hurtful and cause emotional stress?

*What if they say something anti-governmental?

*Do the dead have free speech rights, too?

*And what can you do if they say something that is true or untrue or not so nice about you?

*How can you pull the plug, and whom can you sue?

*Worse yet, how can you collect?

Generally, cemeteries have the right of refusal over what kind of tombstones

can go into their cemetery, and they also have the right of censorship regarding what can be said in an inscription on a tombstone. It is quite possible that censorship of video tombstone messages may develop into first amendment lawsuits that might  go all the way to the Supreme Court,” says Barrows.

    “The Video Enhanced Gravemarker will also have some interesting implications on some major aspects of civilization,” according to the inventor, Robert Barrows.

Here are some of the social implications of video tombstones:

1) Video Tombstones will change the way we look at life and death.

2) Video Tombstones will change the way that history is told.

Now you will be able to go to video tombstones and get the story from the people themselves. (Of course, it will indeed be their side of the story, and depending on what they say, and how they view things, that may also create some interesting controversies.)

3) The advent of the video tombstone may also create changes in estate law so that people may have to specify that  yes, they do want a video tombstone, or no they do not want a video tombstone.

And Barrows adds, “ If the person doesn’t make a video prior to death,  or if they don’t specify who may make a video and what people can say in a posthumous video, will survivors be able to to make a video to be played in their tombstone, and will there be limits on the content of the messages?”

4) “Video Tombstones will also create a whole new genre of storytelling...with all kinds of stories that may be told through video tombstones.

The video tombstone is an ideal storytelling device for everything from horror movies to love stories to historical pieces, and it is perfect for all kinds of literary, film and television projects.

While Barrows was working on his patent application, he also wrote a novel

called “Cemetery of Lies.”

Cemetery of Lies is a collection of intimate secret confessions, as told from beyond the grave, through video tombstones. The stories are about life and love, sex and romance, good and evil, success and money, truth and lies and Heaven and Hell, with insights and advice about almost every aspect of our lives,” according to Barrows.

“What kinds of secrets would you divulge for playback (or payback) after you

are gone?” asks Barrows. And if you knew you were going to die today, what kinds of things would you say for your own video tombstone?” he asks.  That is what Cemetery of Lies is about, and it is an easy read for a mass audience, and the writing is sexy, provocative and humorous, too.”

5) In addition, the advent of the Video Tombstone will also create two new industries:

   A) Manufacturing Video tombstones, and

   B) producing content for use in video tombstones

6) “Video Tombstones will also make cemeteries fascinating places to visit,” according to Barrows, “because who knows what kinds of juicy stories might be entombed in the video tombstones of both celebrities and ordinary people? And who knows who was doing what with whom?” he adds. Perhaps we shall find out from their video tombstone?

7) Video tombstones will also create some major new revenue opportunities for many sectors of the funerary industry including monument builders, funeral homes, perpetual care fund providers and cemeteries.

 The patent (U.S. Patent #7,089,495) was issued on August 8, 2006.

   To find out more about the Video Enhanced Gravemarker and Cemetery of Lies,  contact Robert Barrows at R.M. Barrows, Inc. Advertising and Public Relations in San Mateo, California at 650-344-4405.

To arrange an interview, contact Robert Barrows at 650-344-4405 or email him at barrows@barrows.com.