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 Nov 19 2012, 09:05 AM
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57551614...pyright-reforms
1. House Republican committee releases paper on how broken our copyright system is. 2. RIAA/MPAA rings up House Republicans 3. House Republican committee retracts paper, saying "We totally didn't mean it, Mickey Mouse forever!" <mike-b-bait>Oh, Intellectual Property laws. You're so awful.</mike-b-bait> I thought the paper had a lot of interesting things to say, including that copyright terms have gotten way too long, statutory damages are way too high and false copyright claims are not punished enough. It's too bad even having this discussion interests so few people outside the tech-savvy. (I could be wrong, I also don't talk with people about politics that much. As far as I can tell, or at least it feels that way some times.) The paper's not perfect, but it's sad they would disavow it so fast. -------------------- |
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Nov 19 2012, 09:15 AM
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 LIKE AMARE Posts: 25,007 Joined: 29-July 08 From: New Providence, NJ I Like: The Knicks! I Don't Like: Lebronakkah |
First comes love.
Then comes marriage. Then comes, wait a second we totally misunderstood what we were doing originally, time to back away. Then everyone just leaves awkwardly... -------------------- Wade Redden is my hero, and shall be revered forever.
 QUOTE(bloodorange @ Jun 22 2010, 05:22 PM)  On this point, I agree with xcdude. |
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Nov 19 2012, 11:11 AM
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 EtymoloJesus Posts: 28,034 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Max the Knight I Don't Like: Garbage-eating enemies |
QUOTE(xcdudesquadloves91!!! @ Nov 19 2012, 09:15 AM) First comes love. Then comes marriage. Then comes, wait a second we totally misunderstood what we were doing originally, time to back away. Then everyone just leaves awkwardly... MARRIAGE IS BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN. -------------------- |
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Nov 19 2012, 03:05 PM
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 Ding Dong, man. Posts: 18,461 Joined: 15-March 07 I Don't Like: unions |
I would love to take the bait on this, but I am too busy paying the price for being out next week - i.e., creating twice as many monopolies for my clients this week as I normally would.
-------------------- Y'all laying up, doing shit. Nahmean, playing whatever little volleyballs they got on the beach and doing everything, the activities.
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Nov 19 2012, 03:10 PM
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 Ask me about my heath hen. Posts: 11,034 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Plowing your fields I Like: Sheep I Don't Like: The World Wide Web |
Mike, why is your hipster Avatar so fucking big today.
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Nov 19 2012, 03:12 PM
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Likes to look things up Posts: 2,366,606 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Looking at the stats I Don't Like: Guessing what stats were |
QUOTE(Mike B. @ Nov 19 2012, 03:05 PM) I would love to take the bait on this, but I am too busy paying the price for being out next week - i.e., creating twice as many monopolies for my clients this week as I normally would. How much competition would a patent lawyer destroy if a patent lawyer could destroy competition? -------------------- |
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Nov 19 2012, 03:16 PM
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Ding Dong, man. Posts: 18,461 Joined: 15-March 07 I Don't Like: unions |
QUOTE(rightbug @ Nov 19 2012, 03:10 PM) Mike, why is your hipster Avatar so fucking big today. Refresh, refresh, yo. Refresh, man, refresh. QUOTE(Kusand @ Nov 19 2012, 03:12 PM) How much competition would a patent lawyer destroy if a patent lawyer could destroy competition? How many Androids would an Android company make if an Android company couldn't protect them? -------------------- Y'all laying up, doing shit. Nahmean, playing whatever little volleyballs they got on the beach and doing everything, the activities.
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Nov 19 2012, 03:32 PM
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Likes to look things up Posts: 2,366,606 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Looking at the stats I Don't Like: Guessing what stats were |
QUOTE(Mike B. @ Nov 19 2012, 03:16 PM) How many Androids would an Android company make if an Android company couldn't protect them? There once was a company named for fruit They found rounded rectangles made loot They filed a design patent And made a big fat mint Using that shape now earns you a lawsuit This post has been edited by Kusand: Nov 19 2012, 03:34 PM -------------------- |
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Nov 19 2012, 03:35 PM
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 Owner and operator of Total Bastard Productions. Posts: 14,823 Joined: 15-March 07 From: New Jersey, where the weak are killed and eaten. I Like: Minions. I Don't Like: Not having minions. |
I'm thinking a retaliatory haiku is in order. Trademarking the name Retaliatory Haiku BTW.
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Nov 19 2012, 03:44 PM
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Ding Dong, man. Posts: 18,461 Joined: 15-March 07 I Don't Like: unions |
Having patents is
nice; but most Beardos seem to hate America. -------------------- Y'all laying up, doing shit. Nahmean, playing whatever little volleyballs they got on the beach and doing everything, the activities.
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Nov 19 2012, 03:50 PM
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Likes to look things up Posts: 2,366,606 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Looking at the stats I Don't Like: Guessing what stats were |
 A haiku AND a meme! Take that. -------------------- |
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Nov 19 2012, 03:53 PM
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Ding Dong, man. Posts: 18,461 Joined: 15-March 07 I Don't Like: unions |
QUOTE(Kusand @ Nov 19 2012, 09:05 AM) "We totally didn't mean it, Mickey Mouse forever!" Is this just overstating you do as a hippie to make yourself feel better? -------------------- Y'all laying up, doing shit. Nahmean, playing whatever little volleyballs they got on the beach and doing everything, the activities.
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Nov 19 2012, 03:58 PM
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EtymoloJesus Posts: 28,034 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Max the Knight I Don't Like: Garbage-eating enemies |
QUOTE(Nilan 666 @ Nov 19 2012, 03:35 PM) I'm thinking a retaliatory haiku is in order. Trademarking the name Retaliatory Haiku BTW. This comes awfully close to my Rebuttallimerick and Recanto products. You'll be hearing from my attorneys. -------------------- |
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Nov 19 2012, 03:58 PM
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Likes to look things up Posts: 2,366,606 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Looking at the stats I Don't Like: Guessing what stats were |
I'd retort but Chris patented the wittiness gene and filed a C&D against my brain.
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Nov 19 2012, 04:00 PM
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EtymoloJesus Posts: 28,034 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Max the Knight I Don't Like: Garbage-eating enemies |
Mike B. - the Sine Quatrain Non of verse-based IP litigation.
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Jan 10 2013, 01:52 PM
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Likes to look things up Posts: 2,366,606 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Looking at the stats I Don't Like: Guessing what stats were |
Nice piece on the brokenness of the DMCA. A remix artist made a video called Buffy vs. Edward about gender roles in vampire pop culture. They actually presented before the US Copyright Office at the 2012 hearings on exemptions to the DMCA, and the Register of Copyrights specifically called it out by name as a case of fair use. Lionsgate bought the Twilight series and is now abusing the DMCA to try and make money off the artist's work on Youtube, and when they lost challenges they had it taken down completely through Youtube's system.
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May 7 2013, 11:57 AM
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Ask me about my heath hen. Posts: 11,034 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Plowing your fields I Like: Sheep I Don't Like: The World Wide Web |
A US District Judge just annihilated copyright trolling law firm Prenda Law:
http://www.popehat.com/2013/05/06/does-pre...-gave-them-one/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/05...-investigators/ All of the attorneys involved are facing disbarment and criminal prosecution. -------------------- |
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