What I fine interesting is that the 'confusion' here isn't Original DJ Paulie® potential customers mistakingly contacting DJ Pauly D for business. But people looking for DJ Pauly D, contacting Original DJ Paulie® thinking he was on the Jersey Shore.
Isn't the the opposite of what Trademark is supposed to protect? And the fact that people are finding him, if only to mistake him for the upstart DJ Pauly D, undermine his claim he can't be found because DJ Pauly D flooded the internet?
I don't think this is IP issue, just a contractual one. CBA probably says something like "outside this agreement owners may not use players likeness for profit."
Where it gets close to issues seen in IP is answering the question "Can one sign away their free speech rights?"
At 2:10 the video says this "Out of 125 websites taken down because is intellectual property violations 25 were hosting or linking to content illegally"
WTF???? what about the other 100 that weren't illegal? And has it been proven in case law that link is illegal yet?
We should have law free zones for people to inhabit, until we can determine beyond a shadow of a doubt that laws have no harmful affect on people. For the children.
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Because I said so.
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Fair Use is a Defense
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Duh Winning
The Charlie Sheen of Lawyers
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Incentive
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air pressure
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Remember
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Reverse
Isn't the the opposite of what Trademark is supposed to protect? And the fact that people are finding him, if only to mistake him for the upstart DJ Pauly D, undermine his claim he can't be found because DJ Pauly D flooded the internet?
My brain just exploded a little.
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Why?
Because at some point even Republicans tire of Toby Keith.
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better phones
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Also
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Re:
Where it gets close to issues seen in IP is answering the question "Can one sign away their free speech rights?"
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but... but...
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Don't worry
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but... but...
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If ever
I say we don't stop them from going down this road, and hopefully their IP cost will rise so high they stop producing this stuff.
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ONLY 25 out of 125 were illegal ?????
WTF???? what about the other 100 that weren't illegal? And has it been proven in case law that link is illegal yet?
This is outrageous
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Turnabout is fairplay
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Not just for Stetson®
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Tax Ears
Human ears, are the obvious place to start, but lets not forget the the horses who have been caught listening to pirate music. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090327/1113014276.shtml
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Re: Someday