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• On the post: How Imogen Heap Connected With Fans, And Created Her New Album With Their Help

  

  BullJustin ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2009 @ 03:14pm

  Re:

  And just because it didn't get sold on eBay
  doesn't mean it won't end up on The Pirate Bay.
  Either way, more publicity and more money.

• On the post: Burning Man's Copyright Grab

  

  BullJustin ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2009 @ 10:58am

  Re: gonna go ahead and say

  That's one of the main selling points. I think it's more to prevent people from writing more books like this one or this one or even this one.

• On the post: Gucci Sues Credit Card Processors For Trademark Infringement

  

  BullJustin ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2009 @ 02:01pm

  Re: Please

  I like this idea

• On the post: Would The Beggars' Opera Be Possible Today?

  

  BullJustin ( profile ), 11 Aug, 2009 @ 04:44pm

  Of course it wasn't worth making

  It's an opera. He should have focused on writing music for video games, that's where the money is.

• On the post: Rewriting An AP Story Just To Show We Can

  

  BullJustin ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2009 @ 03:06pm

  You forgot one important part

  Copyright 2009 The People of the World. This material may not be restricted, protected, or withheld without written permission by a majority of the world populace

• On the post: Why Don't Newspapers 'Parasite' Themselves?

  

  BullJustin ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2009 @ 03:46pm

  New role for editors?

  Since the editors are the only ones "allowed" to have an opinion, wouldn't they be ideal candidates to run these blogs? Then they could coalesce all the info the newspaper is putting together into how it is relevant to their readers, and drive traffic to the original stories.

• On the post: Is It Illegal To Posess Unmarked CDs In Texas?

  

  BullJustin ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2009 @ 02:47pm

  Does this mean that anyone who burns some music to a blank-DVR could be in trouble?

  Did you mean blank-CDR?

• On the post: Even If You're On A Major Label, Connecting With Fans Is Important

  

  BullJustin ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2009 @ 10:25am

  Re:

  Wonder no more! The last paragraph of the article says that the author was given promo copies of the album "Love the Future", which is their current album.

• On the post: What A Job: Making Sure No Brands Appear In A Movie

  

  BullJustin ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2009 @ 10:17am

  Genericity

  We need a movie that could get national attention (like Spiderman 4) where the main character lives at:
  1234 Milquetoast Ave
  Genericity, Anystate 54321
  
  All the logos should be solid white with big black letters that say what it is, like "BEER" or "COLA" or "HAT".
  
  All phone numbers should be the hard to remember 555-555-5555, and we should see different characters dial this number and reach different people.
  
  All cars should be blurred out while also integral to the movie.
  
  Especially since protection for inadvertent inclusion of trademarked logos is impossible.

• On the post: Rupert Murdoch vs. Rupert Murdoch On Free vs. Paid News Websites

  

  BullJustin ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2009 @ 10:02am

  A chance of making it

  Fox News, for all it's zaniness and partisanship, has built an empire on people who feel like they are excluded from mainstream society. These people tend to believe anything and everything Fox News tells them to believe. They are, essentially, fanatics for the things Fox News drives down their throats. They also tend to have a "no free lunch" mindset and as such may be more willing than the average consumer to pay for what used to be free.
  
  It will be interesting to see if Fox can parlay its fanatical viewership into subscriptions. After all, no one thought a fourth network could challenge ABC, CBS, and NBC, yet Murdoch managed to do it. They are a far cry form the edge thinking that popularized the Fox Network and led to all the other Fox News properties, but I wouldn't count Murdoch out just yet on this. His fanatics may see as much value in "the news other stations are afraid to report" as the typical WSJ reader sees.
  
  The longer a person has been misled the more strident they become to refuse admitting they were deceived. No one likes to be wrong and when one is way off base they fight harder to prove they were right than anyone else.

• On the post: iPhone Haters Are Stick-Shifters In An Automatic World

  

  BullJustin ( profile ), 31 Jul, 2009 @ 09:42am

  Re: Tyranny of the Markets

  Cash for Clunkers has no more money - good thing you didn't put your ride down yet.

• On the post: Should Wedding Party In Viral YouTube Video Get A Cut Of Music Sale Profits?

  

  BullJustin ( profile ), 31 Jul, 2009 @ 09:39am

  Re: *Sigh*

  This is the best idea I read in these comments. All it takes is

  1. Let regular people know that your music, commercial, movie, or other IP is available for nondetrimental, noncommercial use
  2. Tell them to put it out there and see if it goes viral
  3. If sales of said IP increases due to viral marketing then whoever is responsible for the greatest increase in sales gets a bounty of some kind - phone call/visit from the artist, money, whatever

• On the post: B&N Claims It Must DRM Public Domain Books To Protect The Copyright On Them

  

  BullJustin ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2009 @ 11:13am

  transformative use?

  Is there any argument for transformative use which would put these works under copyright protection? Since a digital versions of common things get patent protection, right or (nearly always) wrong, might B&N's legal department see an ebook as qualifying for copyright protection? After all, THEY are the publisher and the free giveaway is limited. That and like TheStupidOne said, this is reallyt just a ploy to promote use of their reading software and eventually their e-reader.

• On the post: Filing A Trademark Notice Against Yourself

  

  BullJustin ( profile ), 29 Jul, 2009 @ 11:18am

  Re: Wait a second...

  Maybe he just settled.

• On the post: Utility Wants To Charge Solar Panel Users For Not Using Their Energy

  

  BullJustin ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2009 @ 10:59am

  Re: Subsidize solar panels

  Ultimately it would be industrial and commercial enterprises that would bear the majority of the cost, which would in turn be passed on to their consumers, the individual people of the community. Ultimately, you just change from paying the electric company directly to paying them through third parties. With high exports, you could get the a large portion of outsiders paying for your power needs. Eventually, though, it all gets back down to individuals.

• On the post: Utility Wants To Charge Solar Panel Users For Not Using Their Energy

  

  BullJustin ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2009 @ 10:55am

  Re: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

  Unfortunately, wrong. While that may be what we, the public consumers want, it is the opposite of what the electric company wants. The more people who become "producers" the more money the electric company has to pay out, which in turn cuts into their profits. Rather than seeing this as an opportunity to build a new business model they are trying to prop up their old one. This is the same kind of problem discussed so often on this blog.
  
  Let's face it, the vast majority of companies really only care about their bottom line. Most socially or environmentally responsible companies are only as responsible as it is fiscally beneficial to them. For these, social and environmental efforts are a marketing expense. It still falls to the smart consumer to discern whether the company they are buying from is truly responsible or just has a veneer of responsibility.

• On the post: Fact Checking? UK Paper Simply Takes The Word Of Guy Who Claims WiFi Allergy

  

  BullJustin ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2009 @ 09:42am

  Solution

  Why doesn't this guy just build a Faraday cage for his head and be done with it?

• On the post: Two Separate Rulings In France Split Over Whether Google's Suggestion Algorithm Can Be Libelous

  

  BullJustin ( profile ), 24 Jul, 2009 @ 11:42am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Primarily because Google neither published a libelous statement nor republished another's libelous statement. They simply presented a list of other user's search terms ranked by the frequency those terms are used. Additionally, Google was not found guilty of libel in this case, as the one who sued for libel lost.

• On the post: What Good Does It Do Anyone To Patent Video Game Features?

  

  BullJustin ( profile ), 23 Jul, 2009 @ 03:54pm

  "If so many people in and around the industry realize how silly and stifling these sorts of patents are, why do they still exist? Why do millions get wasted every year stockpiling more of these patents? Why do we, as a society, allow it?"
  
  Money. Next question.

• On the post: Amazon Acquires Zappos; Zappos Pretends It's Not Really An Acquisition

  

  BullJustin ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2009 @ 02:49pm

  Re: Er...

  "And a toll is a toll, and a roll is a roll, and if we don't get no tolls, then we don't get no rolls."
  
  Three cheers for your masterful use of the English language: Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah!
  
  Course, now I'm hungry...

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