It would be a shame to dox two of my favorite eX-Twitter accounts. Jack E. Smith (@7Veritas4) is a political parody account of the real Jack Smith prosecutor, who provides excellent news and commentary about a certain former President's legal problems. The anonymity of this account permits political messaging that wouldn't be as effective from an identified person.
Swift on Security (@SwiftonSecurity) started by pretending to be Taylor Swift's day job--computer helpdesk and security--in case her musical gig somehow didn't work out. While eX-Twitter's subsequently-imposed impersonation rules ended the "day job" pretense, this account remains a valuable resource for computer security news (especially zero days) and occasional Taylor Swift humor.
There doesn't appear to be an MP3 for "My Home Town." Sad, since it's one of my favorites. (The archive.org link by Anonymous Coward contains a page where you stream the album that song is on, but it doesn't seem to let you download the MP3.)
It's interesting that a corporation has the religious right to decide what kinds of health benefits to provide to its employees, but not the right to prohibit racist speech.
If the NY Times editors really want to know how the public views their newspaper, instead of monitoring their reporters' Twitter accounts, they will check the New York Times Pitchbot at least twice a day.
I'm already planning a Florida vacation to visit "Googleland"! Should be great, with a search window just past the entrance gates to take me wherever I want to go.
In the Seventh Circuit, fair use can be decided as a matter of law at the pleading stage. Brownmark Films, LLC v. Comedy Partners, 682 F.3d 687 (7th Cir. 2012). So why can't copyrightability of short phrases be decided as a matter of law?
Seems like there's a circuit split here.
This case is another example of how dangerous and harmful the Oracle v. Google opinions are. The district court in this case is in the Ninth Circuit, and there are plenty of Ninth Circuit fair use decisions to guide its district courts. Since those cases apparently weren't working for the plaintiff, it instead cited the Federal Circuit's Oracle opinions and argued that they should control the case.
What's worse here is that the district court didn't reject the plaintiff's argument out of hand. The district court should have said, "Oracle isn't binding, rather Ninth Circuit law is binding." Instead, the district court treated Oracle as controlling law, but was able to distinguish it on the facts.
If the Supreme Court doesn't review the Oracle decisions, we can expect them to be cited in many future cases, instead of Ninth Circuit law, and in cases where Oracle can't be meaningfully distinguished on its facts.
(Disclosure: I'm counsel of record on an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to review Oracle v. Google.)
Let's not dox Jack Smith or Taylor Swift (Computer Security's version)
It would be a shame to dox two of my favorite eX-Twitter accounts. Jack E. Smith (@7Veritas4) is a political parody account of the real Jack Smith prosecutor, who provides excellent news and commentary about a certain former President's legal problems. The anonymity of this account permits political messaging that wouldn't be as effective from an identified person. Swift on Security (@SwiftonSecurity) started by pretending to be Taylor Swift's day job--computer helpdesk and security--in case her musical gig somehow didn't work out. While eX-Twitter's subsequently-imposed impersonation rules ended the "day job" pretense, this account remains a valuable resource for computer security news (especially zero days) and occasional Taylor Swift humor.
Sure wish this had been on video
For good reasons, federal courts normally don't allow video cameras in their courtrooms, but I sure wish an exception had been made for this hearing.
This would make a good amicus brief
Jon, This would make a good amicus brief supporting Google. Hoping to see it on the docket next week!
Wish there was an MP3 for "My Home Town"
There doesn't appear to be an MP3 for "My Home Town." Sad, since it's one of my favorites. (The archive.org link by Anonymous Coward contains a page where you stream the album that song is on, but it doesn't seem to let you download the MP3.)
I would like the low salt version, please
Dante only had **nine** circles of hell
Congratulations, you more than doubled Dante's nine circles of hell.
Pretty sure truth is a defense
Pretty sure truth is a defense to a defamation claim, just sayin'
Freedom of religion vs. freedom of speech
It's interesting that a corporation has the religious right to decide what kinds of health benefits to provide to its employees, but not the right to prohibit racist speech.
The Pitchbot is found here: https://twitter.com/DougJBalloon
NY Times Pitchbot must love this development
If the NY Times editors really want to know how the public views their newspaper, instead of monitoring their reporters' Twitter accounts, they will check the New York Times Pitchbot at least twice a day.
Re: Re:
Silly me not to think about that
2018: The Federal Circuit should be abolished
2021: The Fifth Circuit should be abolished
Good job there getting ratioed, Governor
As of 11am PDT on Friday morning, this tweet had 5.7K replies and 971 likes.
Good job there getting ratioed, Governor!
Can't wait to visit "Googleland"!
I'm already planning a Florida vacation to visit "Googleland"! Should be great, with a search window just past the entrance gates to take me wherever I want to go.
Taylor Swift already wrote a song lyric to explain this
Taylor Swift once wrote: "There is nothing I do better than revenge."
Evermore Park should have figured this out before filing its trademark suit.
This is why we can't have nice things
"folkore" is a very common term in the USPTO databases
If you go to the USPTO trademark search database (TESS) and search for "folklore," you get 73 hits.
http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=toc&state=4802%3Ak3nd54.1.1&p_search=searchss&p_L=50&BackReference=&p_plural=yes&p_s_PARA1=&p_tagrepl%7E%3A=PARA1%24LD&expr=PARA1+AND+PARA2&p_s_PARA2=folklore&p_tagrepl%7E%3A=PARA2%24COMB&p_op_ALL=AND&a_default=search&a_search=Submit+Query&a_search=Submit+Query
So "folklore" is a very common term, and a descriptive one at that.
I wouldn't criticize Taylor Swift for naming an album "folklore" when the album is an indie folk album whose subject matter is, well . . . folklore.
Split in the Circuits?
In the Seventh Circuit, fair use can be decided as a matter of law at the pleading stage. Brownmark Films, LLC v. Comedy Partners, 682 F.3d 687 (7th Cir. 2012). So why can't copyrightability of short phrases be decided as a matter of law?
Seems like there's a circuit split here.
Sign spotted somewhere or the other
You don't even need a whiteboard for this sign, permanent ink is fine:
"It has been zero days since Facebook's most recent privacy violation"
Oracle v. Google causing mischief again
This case is another example of how dangerous and harmful the Oracle v. Google opinions are. The district court in this case is in the Ninth Circuit, and there are plenty of Ninth Circuit fair use decisions to guide its district courts. Since those cases apparently weren't working for the plaintiff, it instead cited the Federal Circuit's Oracle opinions and argued that they should control the case.
What's worse here is that the district court didn't reject the plaintiff's argument out of hand. The district court should have said, "Oracle isn't binding, rather Ninth Circuit law is binding." Instead, the district court treated Oracle as controlling law, but was able to distinguish it on the facts.
If the Supreme Court doesn't review the Oracle decisions, we can expect them to be cited in many future cases, instead of Ninth Circuit law, and in cases where Oracle can't be meaningfully distinguished on its facts.
(Disclosure: I'm counsel of record on an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to review Oracle v. Google.)