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• On the post: How Do You Know The Public Domain Is In Trouble? It Requires A 52-Page Handbook To Determine If Something Is Public Domain

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2014 @ 12:27pm

  Putting something into the public domain ...

  I need to talk to an IP lawyer about my idea to put something into the public domain.
  
  My first thought is that since an unclear/unenforceable copyright notice can render something into the public domain do we make a fund to cover the registration of intentionally unclear copyrights so that it by default becomes public domain?
  
  So I think we can label all of the copyright holders as authors who died long ago.
  
  Example:
  This post is copyright Adam ~6400BC, W.Shakespeare 1615, and Ben Franklin 1785.
  
  I wonder how that would work to "secure" the public domain for a work.

• On the post: Sorry Fair Use, Court Says News Clipping Service Infringes On AP Copyrights

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2013 @ 08:21am

  Re: Re:

  Rosebud was a sled.
  
  Yup, I just ruined a whole movie there..... does that make it important? Are all spoilers now infringement? Interesting thoughts on the implications of this idea if upheld.

• On the post: Copyright Is Becoming Guilt By Accusation

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 25 Jan, 2013 @ 09:01am

  Re: Re: Re:

  sure it does........
  
  I'm stealing your copyright rights and claiming them as my own, the MPAA and RIAA do this all the time. (Look at all the times they claim to own the rights and actually don't, or over represent their rights.)This is the only way copyright theft can happen.

• On the post: Google To French Media: We May Have To Cut You Off

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 19 Oct, 2012 @ 08:03am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Yes but...

  so google has sued Macro$uck for Bing?

• On the post: Now NBC Execs Are Just Trolling: Claim They Regret Not Tape Delaying More Of The Olympics

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2012 @ 01:41pm

  Re:

  "If you actually worked in the field, even for a day, you might understand."
  
  This is the internet, If you actually worked in the field, even for a day, you might understand.

• On the post: Court Says State Department Can Live In Fantasyland & Pretend Documents Leaked By Wikileaks Are Still Secret

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 24 Jul, 2012 @ 11:42am

  Re: Plausible deniability?

  If they are forgeries how can they prosecute the person who leaked them?

• On the post: The Oatmeal v. Funnyjunk: How The Court Of Public Opinion Beats The Court Of Baseless Legal Threats

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2012 @ 01:53pm

  Re: Funnyjunk isn't entirely wrong

  If saying something like that in an obviously humorous fashion is defamation, then I am in trouble.

• On the post: Anti-SOPA/PIPA Protest Songs

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 18 Jan, 2012 @ 09:00am

  Perfect!

  http://theoatmeal.com/

• On the post: Company Caught Downloading Competitor's Software Just Has To Pay The Fee To Buy One License

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 30 Dec, 2011 @ 07:57am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  [citation needed]

• On the post: Why Does The Recording Industry Complain When It's Often Its Own Worst Enemy?

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 29 Dec, 2011 @ 08:15am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: The world is one

  forgot to log in again, Well what can you do?

• On the post: Court Dismisses Puerto 80 Rojadirecta Case (For Now)… But Doesn't Give Back The Domain

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 08 Dec, 2011 @ 11:47am

  Re: Re: Re: Not your invented "domain censorship", but actual piracy.

  I was not arguing for or against their actual guilt. I believe they have done no wrong. I was trying to comment upon the refusal of so many against them of letting due process be followed. It seems simple that just allowing both sides the benefits of the process would allow an unshakable ruling to be made. The only reason to deny due process is that you have something to hide and wish to just get it over with.
  
  It is even due process to allow seizures before trial, but even those rules have been cast aside because the authorities have already decided the guilt of the accused and are seemingly just looking for a way to make their fiction a truth.

• On the post: Court Dismisses Puerto 80 Rojadirecta Case (For Now)… But Doesn't Give Back The Domain

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 08 Dec, 2011 @ 11:19am

  Re: Not your invented "domain censorship", but actual piracy.

  I still have to wonder why due process is not being followed. Even if they are guilty, (not under the laws of the locality they operate under might I add) cases are normally thrown out if due process is violated as this invalidates court hearings. Lets look at an example in a criminal trial, if a perpetrator of a crime has his rights violated, is it not the case that they are most often released due to technicalities of failure to follow due process? I just want to see justice served and that means everyone follow the rules so that if they are convicted it was because they have been found to have violated the law and were treated within the confines of their rights. I would think anyone who wants to speak out against piracy and infringement would want the cases air tight and strictly following due process so that they can hold those cases up as clear cut examples of what happens when you break the law.

• On the post: The Hypocrites Of Congress: Who Voted Against Net Neutrality, But For SOPA/PIPA

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 29 Nov, 2011 @ 02:41pm

  Re: SOPA needed because Grooveshark is GRIFTING:

  So aren't there laws that already cover this? Aren't they being sued under those existing laws?

• On the post: Understanding Anonymous: The Culture Of Lulz

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2011 @ 09:24am

  FNORD! This comment left intentionally blank.

• On the post: Understanding Anonymous: The Culture Of Lulz

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2011 @ 09:20am

  Re:

  All Hail Discordia!
  
  Rule of 5s

• On the post: Viacom Exec: 'Everyone Knows A Rogue Site When They See One'? Except He Doesn't

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2011 @ 09:04am

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

  seems? that doesn't mean it is obvious then does it?

• On the post: Viacom Exec: 'Everyone Knows A Rogue Site When They See One'? Except He Doesn't

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2011 @ 09:03am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Well, let's give up on all laws then.

  What about then entire concept established in law and court cases for prior restraint of speech?

• On the post: Viacom Exec: 'Everyone Knows A Rogue Site When They See One'? Except He Doesn't

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2011 @ 09:00am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Well, let's give up on all laws then.

  Does not an amendment to a document take precedence over the initial wording? If not why change it? So in that case 1st amendment protections were put in place to curb the power of copyright.

• On the post: Steve Jobs Was Willing To 'Rip Off' Everyone Else… But Was Pissed About Android Copying iPhone?

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 22 Oct, 2011 @ 01:17pm

  Re: Re: Re: Jobs = Hypocrite

  Copyrighting what someone else created is not legal.

• On the post: Steve Jobs Was Willing To 'Rip Off' Everyone Else… But Was Pissed About Android Copying iPhone?

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 22 Oct, 2011 @ 09:08am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ugh please

  Obvious does not equal easy. Ask any programmer.
  
  There were many failed attempts to do what Jobs did, he just had ability to make it successful. If his design was above reproach why had it changed and/or been improved? I still feel there is so much more that can come out of the platform that in 10 years we will see what Jobs did as a great step forward but still a primitive attempt to make a great tablet/phone. The one thing you can be sure of with technology, it will progress and be based on the ideas that came before it.

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