For National Inventors Month (May):Behold! A Video Tombstone and some very fascinating controversies

SAN MATEO, Calif. - April 23, 2015 - PRLog -- FOR NATIONAL INVENTORS MONTH (MAY): BEHOLD!...HERE IS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT AN INVENTION THAT WILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON MANY ASPECTS OF SOCIETY.

IT WILL ALSO CREATE A LOT OF CONTROVERSY AND IT WILL ALSO RAISE SOME FASCINATING FREE SPEECH ISSUES.

THE INVENTION IS A VIDEO TOMBSTONE CALLED THE VIDEO ENHANCED GRAVEMARKER (U.S. Patent #7,089,495) www.barrows.com/invention.html

"Video tombstones will have a tremendous impact on many aspects of society. They will also create some fascinating controversies and raise some very interesting free speech issues," according to Robert Barrows of San Mateo, California. Barrows is the inventor of a video tombstone called the Video Enhanced Gravemarker (U.S. Patent #7,089,495).

"Imagine some of the controversies and some of the free speech issues that will start popping up once video tombstones start popping up in cemeteries on a regular basis," says Barrows.

They say "Dead men tell no tales"...Well, not anymore! Wait until you hear what they might be saying about YOU down at the video graveyard...and will it be truth or lies?

HERE ARE SOME OF THE CONTROVERSIES AND SOME OF THE FREE SPEECH ISSUES THAT WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH VIDEO TOMBSTONES:

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

2) What if they say something slanderous?

3) What if they say something anti-governmental?

4) Do the dead have free speech rights, too?

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

6) How can you pull the plug, and whom can you sue?

7) Worse yet, how can you collect?

...And what kinds of things would you say from you own video tombstone...and will it be truth or lies? "With these kinds of controversies, video tombstones will create some fascinating Free Speech issues that could go all the way to the Supreme Court," says Barrows.

Video tombstones will also create a tremendous amount of additional controversy because who knows what people might say from beyond their grave through their video tombstone. There are also many sides to every story and even some of the mildest among us might have some of the wildest stories to tell.

"What kinds of things would we hear from your video tombstone?" asks Barrows.

*Would you just say sweet things to loved ones?

*Would it finally be time to tell your side of the story?

*Would it finally be time to make amends?

*Or would you say everything you never had the guts to say nor the opportunity to say while you were still alive?

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

A) First, Video tombstones will make cemeteries fascinating places to visit because who knows what we may hear from some of the video tombstones, and cemeteries will "come alive" with all kinds of stories that might be told through video tombstones.

B) And imagine the controversies over the free speech issues! "Video tombstones will create some landmark free speech issues because how can you control what someone might say from beyond the grave?" asks Barrows.

C) "Video tombstones will also have some interesting implications on many aspects of society," says Barrows.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF VIDEO TOMBSTONES:

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

When you start recording your own obituary while you are still alive, it will force you to examine things about your life that you may not have even considered before.

2) Video tombstones will change the way that history told.

Now you will be able to go to a video tombstone 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 viewed things, that may also create some interesting controversies.)

3) The advent of the video tombstone will also create some interesting 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." (The late Jeff Zaslow of The Wall Street Journal covered this angle about the video tombstone in his April 7, 2005 Moving On column.) "And, Barrows adds, if a person doesn't make a video prior to their death, or if they don't specify who among their survivors may make a video and what people can say in a posthumous video, will survivors be able to make a video to be played in their video tombstone, and will there be limits on the content of the messages?"

4) VIDEO TOMBSTONES WILL ALSO CREATE A WHOLE NEW GENRE OF STORYTELLING.

"The video tombstone is an incredible storytelling device that is likely to inspire countless tales that will be told through video tombstones," according to Barrows.

"The video tombstone is an ideal storytelling device for everything from horror stories to love stories, to action/adventure yarns, to detective stories and historical pieces, and it is perfect for all kinds of literary, television and film projects that could be based on stories that would be told through video tombstones."

Along these lines, Barrows also wrote a book 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. (You can see more about "Cemetery of Lies" at www.barrows.com/novel.html.

"Cemetery of Lies" is an easy read for a mass audience, and the writing is sexy, provocative and humorous, too" says Barrows.

Publishers, literary agents and producers who would be interested in taking a look at "Cemetery of Lies" may request a copy of the manuscript by contacting Robert Barrows at R.M. Barrows, Inc. Advertising and Public Relations in San Mateo, California at 650-344-4405.

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 as well as 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.

"And, for Memorial Day, (coming up May 25, 2015)...imagine the stories we might hear about life and love and death and war if all of the tombstones were video tombstones."

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 at 650-344-4405...and of course...Happy Inventors Month.