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• On the post: Why The Answer To The Smartphone Patent Thicket Is Not A Patent Pool

  

  David Sanger ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2010 @ 10:22am

  For those interested here is the actual paper:
  A Stitch in Time: The Rise and Fall of the Sewing Machine Patent Thicket by Adam Mossoff, George Mason University School of Law
  http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1354849

• On the post: Local News Website Says You Need To Pay To Read Its Stories, Says It's Collecting Visitor IPs To Sue

  

  David Sanger ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2010 @ 03:11pm

  Access granted

  Unfortunately every time I ask them for access to one of their pages using my browser they immediately agree to my request and send it to me.
  
  This is not my choice. They choose to respond to my request and send me the page.
  
  Duh.

• On the post: Justice Department Insists It Should Be Able To Secretly Stick GPS Devices On Cars Without Warrants

  

  David Sanger ( profile ), 23 Sep, 2010 @ 06:25pm

  And what if a person found the device and either
  
  i) removed it or
  
  ii) put it on another car instead ?

• On the post: E*Trade Settles Lindsay Lohan's Milkaholic Lawsuit

  

  David Sanger ( profile ), 23 Sep, 2010 @ 04:46pm

  Is she required to share the proceeds with the other 250,000 Lindsays ?

• On the post: Woman Trademarks Her Name, Says No One Can Use It Without Her Permission

  

  David Sanger ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2010 @ 10:19am

  Re: script

  Not only that, the script disables the scroll bar on Chrome so you can't see the rest of the page. lol.
  
  Keyboard commands to select all, copy and past work fine
  
  I agree these scripts are foolish.

• On the post: Why Must ISPs Pay To Be The Mandatory Copyright Cops Of The Entertainment Industry?

  

  David Sanger ( profile ), 15 Sep, 2010 @ 11:08am

  Great Idea

  I think this is a great idea. I am a professional stock photographer and make my living from licensing images, plus some writing.
  
  This means that the British ISPs will scan every photograph uploaded to their servers, plus all illustrations, designs and text quotations and snippets, compare the usage with the terms and conditions of any outstanding licenses or authorized uses, evaluate for fair use and derivative usages, determine what content is in the public domain, resolve jurisdictional issues, and then if necessary either bill the user and send me the money, or insist that the content be removed.
  
  Wait. You mean this only applies to Hollywood films and recordings from the major music labels?
  
  Oh darn, looks like it is not such a good idea after all

• On the post: Man Trademarks 'Welcome To Parry Sound,' Demands Money From Parry Sound Organizations

  

  David Sanger ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2010 @ 01:50pm

  More info at

  http://www.welcometoparrysound.ca/
  
  and
  
  http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=129265980432654

• On the post: Hey NY Times: Can You Back Up The Claim Of $200 Billion Lost To Counterfeiting?

  

  David Sanger ( profile ), 05 Aug, 2010 @ 07:03am

  Whatever the amount of revenue that would have been received if everyone who bought counterfeit goods bought "the real thing", it would not all be profit.
  
  These "lost sales" are for goods which were never produced (for lack of demand).
  
  A real estimate of lost or potential profit would have to factor in the full cost of production.

• On the post: AFP Sues Photographer Whose Photographs It Used Without Permission

  

  David Sanger ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2010 @ 09:38pm

  more from BJP

  British Journal of Photography has even more extensive coverage of this unfortunate situation at
  
  http://www.1854.eu/2010/04/agence_france_presses_slap_to.html

• On the post: Historical Association Claims Copyright To Scans Of 100 Year Old Photos

  

  David Sanger ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2010 @ 08:38am

  Re: Don't forget Golan vs. Gonzales

  @Levianthant yes but that is only for foreign works still under copyright in their country of origin, but previously not protected in the US under treaty obligations etc.

• On the post: Historical Association Claims Copyright To Scans Of 100 Year Old Photos

  

  David Sanger ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2010 @ 12:14am

  Supremacy Clause

  There seems to be significant debate too as to whether or to what extent state law, e.g. a contract, would be preempted by federal copyright law and thus could not be used to establish new de facto intellectual property rights,

• On the post: Historical Association Claims Copyright To Scans Of 100 Year Old Photos

  

  David Sanger ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2010 @ 11:42pm

  Re: Printroom RE: Not registered

  @TheBaker Of course the Printoom Inc. hasn't registered the images either
  
  @Nick Indeed it would be interesting to know what they actually think the contract is. If the images are public domain then wouldn't a contract only be with the buyer of the print, not with anyone they gave or sold it to?

• On the post: Historical Association Claims Copyright To Scans Of 100 Year Old Photos

  

  David Sanger ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2010 @ 09:45pm

  Not registered

  Well, the Clinton County Historical Association did not register the images with the Copyright Office.
  
  Perhaps they are relying on contractual protection via the clickwrap agreement

• On the post: Reed Elsevier Sues Punk Band Over Parody Logo That Was Discontinued Years Ago

  

  David Sanger ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2010 @ 02:50pm

  In commercial use?

  Mike, their claim that "They are telling us that it is still on the Internet but they won't tell us where it is" is not very convincing

  30 seconds with Tineye shows the image on Amazon and a handful of other music sites.

  17 results - TinEye http://j.mp/cJohd7

• On the post: US Postage Stamp Found To Be Infringing On Copyright Over Statues In US Korean War Memorial

  

  David Sanger ( profile ), 03 Mar, 2010 @ 04:10pm

  Amazon

  Thanks to the eagle eye of Leila Boujnane, CEO of Idee, The Visual Search Company, and their clever software at www.tineye.com there's another use not talked about:
  
  The same photo is featured on the cover of Dog Company Six by Edwin Howard Simmons
  
  see http://j.mp/b268JX

• On the post: Philip K. Dick Estate Sends Google Cease And Desist Over Nexus One Name

  

  David Sanger ( profile ), 08 Jan, 2010 @ 12:37pm

  Re: Re: May not be a money grab

  You also cannot copyright names, titles, slogans, or short phrases
  
  If you want to write a story titled "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" you could do so, and you could copyright the story as well, and publish it.

• On the post: Philip K. Dick Estate Sends Google Cease And Desist Over Nexus One Name

  

  David Sanger ( profile ), 08 Jan, 2010 @ 11:56am

  The trademarks for the word "Tricorder" have all expired or been abandoned.
  
  "Batphone" is trademark by DC Comics