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• On the post: Would Copyright Work Better If It Was Treated More Like Property?

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2010 @ 05:37pm

  Oh please...

  Blah, blah, blah. Pay taxes, then.
  
  Heck, when shit really went off the rails it was because you didn't have to make even the minor transaction cost of REGISTERING YOUR PRECIOUS CRAP! If we just went back to that there'd be a hell of a lot less to bitch about.
  
  Of course, that still ignores the free speech aspect of being able to repeat what you've been told, but it'd be a start in the right direction.

• On the post: French ISP Free Gives In, Will Send 3 Strikes Notices

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2010 @ 05:04pm

  Re: Seperation of powers anyone?

  "... the Head of State doesn't have the power to threaten someone for not following a law..."
  
  I don't know if he 'has the power' but he did just that (well, it wasn't even a law, which makes it even worse,) and they surrendered. Way to live up to your stereotypes...
  
  Nicholas! J'accuse!

• On the post: Canadian Court Says Amazon's One-Click Patent Should Be Allowed

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2010 @ 01:47pm

  "While the judge quotes liberally from patent laws around the world..."
  
  What did Scalia call this? Looking over the crowd to find your friends, or something like that.

• On the post: Putting Tooltips On Links? Company Demanding $80,000 For Patent Infringement

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2010 @ 09:15am

  Shame

  Primary Examiner: Herndon; Heather R.
  
  Sadly, she seems to specialize in these kinds of patents.

• On the post: Yankees Claiming Copyright To Block Memoir Involving 60 Year Old Letters From A Young George Steinbrenner

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2010 @ 08:40am

  Re:

  And is a sent letter considered 'published?'

• On the post: Dirty Tricks: Anti-Piracy Group Caught Planting Evidence In Usenet Case

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2010 @ 05:35pm

  Wait, what?

  "That sounds like planting evidence, a tactic law enforcement is sometimes seen to employ -- but BREIN is a private organization."
  
  That sentence is profoundly disturbing.

• On the post: Justin Bieber Connects With His Fans Via Shiny Nail Polish

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2010 @ 05:24pm

  Let me be the first

  Looooots of Nail Polish!

• On the post: Could The Enterprise D Replica In Minecraft Be A Copyright Minefield?

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2010 @ 08:52am

  Re: Re:

  No, fan fiction/art infringes as 'derivative' works. It's a stupid addition to copyright law, as far as I'm concerned, but there you go.

• On the post: Details In Mulve Arrest Highlight How Weak The Case Is

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2010 @ 06:35pm

  Meh.

  "It's simply an interface for an existing search engine on a Russian social network, which anyone could sign up for and get access to already."
  
  Yeah, the Brits are just kicking the ball out of their court. Sure it doesn't tackle anything resembling a real problem, but if the dead tree reporters are unable to follow the rabbit hole, then they don't get the bad publicity. C.f., Craigslist.

• On the post: Inflatable Gorilla Sues Google Over Copyright?

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2010 @ 11:28am

  Re: 3D versus 2D

  "What I am wondering about is that the original Copyright that was filed was based on a 3D sculpture, which obviously Google did not use in their add since it is only in print."
  
  Yeah, but then you get into 'derivative works.' That's the worst part of copyright as it currently stands (barring the lengths, of course.) Artists (commercial or otherwise) need to be able to riff of the giants they stand upon, as they did before them.

• On the post: Inflatable Gorilla Sues Google Over Copyright?

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2010 @ 10:21am

  This is why people think Trademark is IP

  "I'm still trying to figure out how this is possibly a copyright lawsuit rather than a trademark one. Can you imagine if you had to get permission from the original manufacturer of every product you used in an advertisement?"
  
  Like if you wanted to do a documentary and The Simpsons was playing on a TV in the background? Yeah, that was a trademark claim, but what's the difference (to the sueee) what the claim is based on? You only have a potentially plausible defense walking into it.

• On the post: Red Bull Cancels Stunt Dive From Space… Because Someone Sued Then Claiming It Was His Idea

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2010 @ 07:46am

  Re: Correction

  What is 'his implementation of the idea?' Adding advertising to an orbital jump?

• On the post: The Atlantic Mocks Digg For Having BP As A Sponsor… In An Article Sponsored By Exxon

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2010 @ 04:57pm

  Re:

  I understand that Bev Stayart is German.

• On the post: Sesame Street Recognizes That Advertising Is Content… On A Horse… Cow

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2010 @ 11:00am

  Adult service

  This strikes me as one of those tidbits they throw out knowing that the adults watching with their kids will get more out of it than the kids themselves (while not depriving kids of the confusing world of prepositions.)

• On the post: Libel Cases In The UK Hit A Ten Year High… Just As People Were Declaring Libel Dead In The US

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2010 @ 08:37am

  Correlation?

  Is there an increase in libel tourism? That might explain why the number of suits is lower in the US while higher in the UK.

• On the post: Bogus DMCA Takedown Knocks Out Yet Another Political Ad

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2010 @ 08:44am

  Re: There has to be a penalty

  There (theoretically) is, but it's a pittance. Classic case of the deck being stacked.

• On the post: UK Police Arrest Mulve Operators

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2010 @ 08:33am

  The frak?

  "At the very least, let a civil trial happen."
  
  Yeah, hit 'em with a slightly smaller stick. For great justice.

• On the post: The DMCA vs. Political Speech

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2010 @ 06:31pm

  Re: Re: Who is the NFL protecting?

  "The player doesn't care about the stadium. He gets paid the same if he plays in a giant dome or a highschool field."
  
  You haven't been paying attention to the NFL/Players Assoc. negotiations, have you? They players are literally being asked to pay part of the costs of the stadiums.

• On the post: IBM Patents Dividing The Number 60 By Your Car's Speed

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2010 @ 11:59am

  To be fair...

  Patent examiners are apparently idiots. They spend, what?, about a day or two's work on an average patent? And they approve *this?*
  
  Seriously girls, you should be hanging your heads in shame:
  
  Primary Examiner: Goins; Davetta W
  Assistant Examiner: Lai; Anne V

• On the post: The DMCA vs. Political Speech

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2010 @ 11:50am

  Re: Re: Awesome, hope more takedown notices get sent...

  Yeah, they'll learn to exempt "political speech (by registered parties)" and ban the rest.

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