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• On the post: Thou Shalt Not Sue Sony

  

  doughless ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2011 @ 09:24am

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  I have no idea if this would ever hold up in court, but I told my 9 year old son that he doesn't have permission to accept any agreements on our PS3, but then also told him that if the PSN store and Netflix won't work unless someone accepts them. I've never accepted any Sony agreements, but both of those things surprisingly work on my PS3 right now.

• On the post: Monkey Business: Can A Monkey License Its Copyrights To A News Agency?

  

  doughless ( profile ), 07 Sep, 2011 @ 09:45am

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  The only time you own the copyright (without a contract or work for hire) when you "cause it to be created", is if you directly set up the chain of events to create the picture, and there is no other creative input from another person. Otherwise there would be far less joint copyrights, or works for hire wouldn't need contracts or separate laws to exempt them from termination laws.
  
  In your example, the teacher has already likely created the entire exam, and she absolutely would own the copyright on the compilation of questions and answers. A student's separate answers, assuming that they have enough creative value to be copyrightable and that they are different enough from the teacher's original answers, are absolutely owned by the student.
  
  If you ask a neighbor to take a picture, even if he is using your own camera, he absolutely owns the copyright; if you also had creative input (subject matter, lighting, framing, where to stand, when to take the picture), then it's possible you would both own the copyright. Only if you could prove that your neighbor had absolutely no creative input (you set up the camera on a tripod and told him when to push the button), then you might own the full copyright.
  
  The entire thing that is up for debate here is if the chain of events this photographer set up, qualifies for enough creative input to qualify for copyright. Even if it does qualify, it's still extremely tragic that far too many people have never even entertained the idea that it is entirely possible for something to be created without being copyrightable.

• On the post: Offering Solutions Rather Than Criticism

  

  doughless ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2011 @ 02:10am

  Re: Re: Re: Its another rule - enforced "stop bashing your head"

  To start, I will admit Nina's cartoons can be hit or miss to me, but I can't help but notice this one either went way over your head, or you're being intentionally disingenuous (most people here assume the latter from you, which is why they keep labelling you as a troll).
  
  Your and others' comments are criticizing Nina's use of the word criticism by mentioning that the character didn't actually offer any criticism. If I'm interpreting the comic right, I think that's the whole point. The only person in the comic that misinterpreted the suggestion as criticism is the person bashing their head. Again, I'm interpreting that Nina's entire point is that most of the Techdirt community are trying to give rational suggestions to others that are interpreted as criticism.
  
  Second, that is really a stretch to say that offering a suggestion to someone else is enforcing a rule. When I offer a suggestion, you can choose (or not) to follow it. I see no attempt by the character in the final frame trying to force anything on the other.

• On the post: Our Response To Arthur Alan Wolk's Threat To Sue Us

  

  doughless ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2011 @ 06:00pm

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  The way I read that is that Wolk is claiming that fraud was committed against the judge rather than the judge committed fraud. Still, that could possibly be defamation against the other party that he claims defrauded the judge.

• On the post: University Of Calgary Refusing To Pay Access Copyright Any More

  

  doughless ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2011 @ 01:49am

  Unless U of C's attendance jumped from 9,000 students to 27,000 students in 1 year, or unless the numbers quoted in the Gauntlet article are inaccurate, then that looks like a roughly 4000% price increase to me.

• On the post: Guy Kicked Off Comcast For Using Too Many Cloud Services

  

  doughless ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2011 @ 05:14pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Can't agree on this one

  I used to work for a small ISP for a few years that implemented caps, and the upload cap was separate from the download one. Also, the punishment for repeat offenders was to throttle their traffic down to something like 256k down/128k up.

• On the post: Monkeys Don't Do Fair Use; News Agency Tells Techdirt To Remove Photos

  

  doughless ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2011 @ 05:43pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Just reply with this:

  Given a computer and an infinite amount of time, this monkey can type out the full bytecode of his own self portrait.

• On the post: The Dark Side Wins: Lucasfilm Shuts Down Star Wars Fan Movie Marathon

  

  doughless ( profile ), 11 Jul, 2011 @ 09:24pm

  Re: Re: Where is the Death Star when you need it

  Episode 3 had mass slaughter of children; how could that movie have been any better, apart from actually showing their cauterized limbs and heads rolling around on the floor?

• On the post: Monkey Business: Can A Monkey License Its Copyrights To A News Agency?

  

  doughless ( profile ), 11 Jul, 2011 @ 03:07pm

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  Did I just notice a subtle homage to Maxwell Smart?

• On the post: Irish Judge OKs Three Strikes, Calls Copyright A Human Right

  

  doughless ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2011 @ 02:21pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Mike did it on purpose:
  
  1. Mike, while posting under his real name in this comment thread, he mistakes the wrong anonymous coward as TAM.
  2. Later, in some other article, he posts as anonymous coward and points out that different anonymous coward is really TAM.
  3. TAM, posting as an anonymous coward, points out that the anonymous coward that is pointing him out is really Mike.
  4. Mike then points back to this comment thread, saying that he can't possibly be Mike when even the "real" Mike can't tell who TAM is.
  5. ?
  6. Profit!

• On the post: A Filmmaker Explains Why Copyright Sucks Today: An Excerpt From 'Sell Your Own Damn Movie!

  

  doughless ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2011 @ 11:26am

  One thing I've never understood is how anyone, especially the Supreme Court, can think that a copyright that effectively lasts longer than the average human lifespan is even remotely for a "limited time".
  
  I know my idea is hardly original (especially among the Techdirt community), but I still feel like I need to say it. Any works that are released in my lifetime absolutely do not have a limited term as far as I'm concerned, since they will never enter the public domain until I am dead.
  
  Actually, I've changed my mind, and when evil raporists are found guilty of copyright infringement, I think judges should start sentencing them to prison for limited terms. Life plus 70 sounds pretty good to me.

• On the post: Texas Politicians Back Off Anti-TSA Bill After Being Warned Of Potential Flight Loss

  

  doughless ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2011 @ 09:58am

  So how was the federal government planning on enforcing their ban?
  
  "For failing to protect the safety of your passengers, you are ordered to immediately land this plane, or we will be forced to shoot you out of the sky."

• On the post: ICE Redefines Detainment For Wikileaks Helper: You're Not Being Detained, You Just Can't Leave

  

  doughless ( profile ), 13 Apr, 2011 @ 01:57pm

  Re: BUT...BUT...

  Piracy = Theft = Terrorism

• On the post: Defending The Indefensible: Lawyers Who Love Loopholes Ignoring Serious Constitutional Issues In Domain Seizures

  

  doughless ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2011 @ 04:17pm

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  It's even worse than that.
  
  This isn't even the mall owner being a child pornographer, it's the Hot Topic, that's 30 stores down from the Orange Julius, pimping out little kids, and then having the police barricade all access to the entire mall so they can protect the children.

• On the post: Some Free Letter-Writing Advice For America's Toughest Sheriff

  

  doughless ( profile ), 21 Mar, 2011 @ 03:59pm

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  I follow the belief that people who are offended by words they arbitrarily label as cuss words are childish.
  
  On the flip side, I very rarely use them in public, because regardless of what I think of others' beliefs on this subject, I still try to show them respect.

• On the post: Just Because A Judge Signs A Warrant, Doesn't Make It Legal…

  

  doughless ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2011 @ 09:23am

  Re: I hate these cases

  If he wins, the tax payers paid for stronger precedence in protecting our rights; not completely a bad thing.

• On the post: Can A Judge Force A Juror To Reveal Facebook Account Info?

  

  doughless ( profile ), 08 Feb, 2011 @ 01:23pm

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  So you're saying his Facebook account broadcasts to the world? Awesome, problem solved, the court doesn't even need to subpoena the information.

• On the post: FranklinCovey Sending A Trademark C&D Over '7 Habits' Appears To Violate A Few Of The '7 Habits'

  

  doughless ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2011 @ 10:16am

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  Fortunately, it still works when you're signed in. I'm sure they'll have it fixed soon.

• On the post: Backpages Points Out That It Shouldn't Be Liable For Actions Of Its Users

  

  doughless ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2011 @ 09:57am

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  Holy crap, Grandpa, you're already 29?! I'm surprised you still have the strength at your age to yell at the kids to get off your lawn.

• On the post: Judge Says No Fair Use For Jailbreaking Xboxes; The Law Doesn't Care If Jailbreaking iPhones Is Legal

  

  doughless ( profile ), 02 Dec, 2010 @ 09:53am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  His phrasing sounded intentional

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