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  • On the post: How Long Can You Go Without Infringing On Copyright?

    ChadBroChill ( profile ), 12 May, 2009 @ 07:26pm

    Re: Re:

    Who?

  • On the post: As Sarkozy Pushes Three Strikes, He Pays Up For His Own Copyright Violations

    ChadBroChill ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2009 @ 06:14pm

    Re:

    "The Anonymous Coward's Guide to Using the word 'Loose'"

  • On the post: Pink Panther Studio, Producers And Star Sued For Joke Theft

    ChadBroChill ( profile ), 12 Feb, 2009 @ 01:27pm

    Jokes are not property, only the performance of them

    Just like a picture of a mountain. If I took a picture of a particular mountain, and then sold that picture to people who wanted to use it for a brochure, menu, etc., I would own that particular picture. Then if someone else went to the exact place I was standing, and took a picture of the same mountain, and then sold it in the same way, they would not be infringing on my property. If they downloaded my picture and then sold THAT, it would be. If the Pink panther movie used a clip of a comedian performing the joke, then yes, it would be stealing. If Steve Martin says the same words and does the same actions, then it is not stealing. Very simple.

  • On the post: Banning Driver Distractions One By One; Next Up? Eating, Faxing Or Petting Fluffy

    ChadBroChill ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2009 @ 09:25pm

    Re: Re: That extreme

    The difference is that talking on a phone does not alter the chemical state of your brain in a way that makes you unable to make sound judgments. i.e. A drunk person often cannot realize that their state impairs them from driving safely.

    When someone is on the phone, they still have the ability to realize the safety hazard that talking on the phone creates. Whether they choose to recognize this fact and respond to it should not be determined by law makers.

    What should be determined by law makers is the punishment for disregarding the fact that talking on the phone is unsafe, and then either breaking a law or causing n accident because of it. For the people that can't talk on the phone and drive safely, they shouldn't. For those that can, I don't think they should be stopped from doing so just because Shanaynay Dumb@ss can't multitask.

  • On the post: Reading Comprehension: A Terrible Thing To Waste

    ChadBroChill ( profile ), 29 Jan, 2009 @ 10:05am

    Re: Later on in life .

    And will become an adviser to the Bush White House.