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• On the post: Roscoe P. Coltrane Claims Warner Bros. Stiffed Him On Millions In Merch

  

  ClarkeyBalboa ( profile ), 11 Aug, 2011 @ 08:44am

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  I think you need to check your sarc meter.

• On the post: Could Facebook Lose Its 'Facebook' Trademark After Being Too Aggressive In Trademark Bullying?

  

  ClarkeyBalboa ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2011 @ 12:10pm

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  I never said the claims were right or wrong. I said there is a clear parallel between them.

• On the post: Could Facebook Lose Its 'Facebook' Trademark After Being Too Aggressive In Trademark Bullying?

  

  ClarkeyBalboa ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2011 @ 11:32am

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  Hmmm...Lindows claims Windows trademark is invalid because it is too generic for trademark validation, despite it being the most used OS in the world. Shagbook claims Facebook is too generic for trademark validation despite it being the most popular social media site in the work...Has your brain stopped working that you can't draw the parallel?

• On the post: Could Facebook Lose Its 'Facebook' Trademark After Being Too Aggressive In Trademark Bullying?

  

  ClarkeyBalboa ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2011 @ 11:28am

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  Wait...so are you saying you think Mike thinks Facebook is evil? I seem to recall reading numerous postings by Mike calling out the Winklevoss claims against Facebook as ridiculous.

• On the post: Could Facebook Lose Its 'Facebook' Trademark After Being Too Aggressive In Trademark Bullying?

  

  ClarkeyBalboa ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2011 @ 11:24am

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  No, i think Facebook refers to Facebook, and that Shagbook does NOT refer to Facebook. The whole point of the article is: Facebook is overzealous with trademark lawsuits, someone is finally hitting back.

• On the post: Student Sues Former Principal For Privacy Rights Violation In Showing Surveillance Video Of Her Having Sex

  

  ClarkeyBalboa ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2011 @ 08:04am

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  There must be some loophole for surveillance footage. I think it is completely wrong that he showed it to a group of teachers in some private screening. If he was going to show it to anyone, it should have been the police. But I don't think seeing something like this while watching surveillance footage should be an indictable offense. That would be the same to me as if the video was entered into evidence and played for the judge and both parties (and possibly jury). Once again, completely wrong and possibly illegal to host a private screening of this.

• On the post: Summit Entertainment Commences Criminal Legal Action Against Twilight Fan Who Shared Images From Movie

  

  ClarkeyBalboa ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2011 @ 11:30am

  Who took the photos?

  If it was the fans, then they would hold the copyrights on the photos. Does anyone know who the photographer is?

• On the post: Writer Explains How Copyright Has Prevented Her From Ever Seeing TV Shows She Wrote

  

  ClarkeyBalboa ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2011 @ 03:11pm

  Why is there a need for a cross-border license?

  As a Canadian, I run into this all the time. Companies have thrown up roadblocks to anyone outside of the US from watching their content online.
  
  Now as a Netflix subscriber, I can say that I am happy to pay a reasonable fee for content. What I don't understand is what is the economical strategy for restrictions across the border? Is it actually costing companies more money to stream content to Canada vs the US? It seems like a simple solution to me: open up licenses to cover Canada and you have immediately increased your potential customer base by millions. As others have pointed out already, if you don't offer the service/content here...are you actually losing money when it is pirated in that country?

• On the post: Swedish Appeals Court Increases File Sharing Fine By A Factor Of Six

  

  ClarkeyBalboa ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2011 @ 10:24am

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  I am very interested in how you can bring together what you said above (agreeing that copyright exists as a temporary incentive for the creation of things to benefit the public) with a previous quote from you:
  
  "If I write one good song/painting/book in my youth, beg, crawl and dance to finally get it published, but it only becomes a hit only many decades later, how do I profit from the book sales without IP?"

• On the post: Swedish Appeals Court Increases File Sharing Fine By A Factor Of Six

  

  ClarkeyBalboa ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2011 @ 09:19am

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  This is a very different situation. In this case, the person who wrecked your car has deprived you of your car until it is repaired or replaced. In the case of file sharing, they have deprived you of hypothetical income.

• On the post: Celine Dion Shuts Down Blog Of Ridiculous Pictures

  

  ClarkeyBalboa ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2011 @ 11:21am

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  The Canadian government has already apologized for Celine Dion on numerous occassions! Stop blaming Canada for this already!

• On the post: Man Made Famous Over 2006 Arrest For Videotaping Police… Arrested Again While Videotaping Police

  

  ClarkeyBalboa ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2011 @ 06:34am

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  Last time the case was dropped because there was no case, so this probably goes in his favor, not the police.

• On the post: Man Made Famous Over 2006 Arrest For Videotaping Police… Arrested Again While Videotaping Police

  

  ClarkeyBalboa ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2011 @ 06:25am

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  I think some of my brain just spilled out my ear trying to read your comment.

• On the post: Lawyer Trying To Trademark Bitcoin Threatens Techdirt With Bogus DMCA Takedown

  

  ClarkeyBalboa ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2011 @ 02:24pm

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  Just another thing that is wrong with the current system. It can be incredibly expensive for the average person to defend themselves in court, so lawsuits can become a very powerful tool for lawyers or monied people/corporations to leverage against the average joe.

• On the post: Lawyer Trying To Trademark Bitcoin Threatens Techdirt With Bogus DMCA Takedown

  

  ClarkeyBalboa ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2011 @ 11:24am

  Good on ya Mike for not backing down, and for posting this for everyone to see. When dealing with bullies, going public can be a great way to shut down their tactics.

• On the post: Court Refuses To Issue Injunction Stopping Secret Web Spycams From Running On Rental Laptops

  

  ClarkeyBalboa ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2011 @ 11:09am

  Re: Re: Compare to apple store

  Just to be clear, I wouldn't be any happier if I was in one of the photo's taken on the Apple computers vs on a rental laptop, but I don't think the Apple one is violating anyone's rights.

• On the post: Court Refuses To Issue Injunction Stopping Secret Web Spycams From Running On Rental Laptops

  

  ClarkeyBalboa ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2011 @ 11:07am

  Re: Compare to apple store

  I partially agree that the cases are similar, but i think several points seperate them (at least to me): the Apple incident was being held at a public place, on public computers. The Apple store allowed people to install software onto their computers by potential customers, so i don't think that should constitute hacking.

• On the post: Court Refuses To Issue Injunction Stopping Secret Web Spycams From Running On Rental Laptops

  

  ClarkeyBalboa ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2011 @ 10:26am

  Well, from now on anytime i purchase a new laptop it is getting a complete reformat before i start using it.

• On the post: Facebook Bans User's Ad Campaigns For Displaying Google+ Ad

  

  ClarkeyBalboa ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2011 @ 07:50am

  Re: This isn't news, and it's not just Google+

  A company who knows they have a great product or perform a service exceptionally, is not a company that fears competition, but instead thrives on it.
  
  I'm tired of 'form letters' like this. They are basically a bully with authority. I had a high school vice principal pull this crap on me: he pulled me into his office and then said "what did you do wrong?" and repeated that line of questioning for 15 minutes. Waste of time because i didn't actually do anything, and all he taught me is that there are people in this world that will use the full weight of their authority to push you around and make you think you are wrong.
  Putting into the letter "we won't tell you what you did wrong" is pretty similar bullshit. It shows that they are afraid of their competition, but are desperate to not show that fear.

• On the post: Woman Faces Felony Charges For Groping A TSA Agent

  

  ClarkeyBalboa ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2011 @ 09:19am

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  She was just trying to reciprocate the enjoyment she was feeling! What a giving person.

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