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• On the post: Even WIPO Realizing That Copyright Law May Have Gone Too Far

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2011 @ 05:44am

  As an Artist and Songwriter I still want 2 copyrights.
  
  1. for me. It will be my Creative Copyright which I always keep. I own it. It is my recognition from the world that I created this. This copyright is passed on to my heirs. Come on let's be fair. Why make it public domain which negates who actually created it? I didn't ask for money only recognition forever for MY creation. I did it, not Public Domain after 99 years. My children and their children have proof that their relative did it and passed it on to them.
  
  2. The Commercial Copyright. This is sold and is for sale as long as someone wants to buy it. No more exclusivity and having to form shell companies just to control your own work. This will create another industry which is the management and sales of Copyrighted Content that will be used in a Commercial manner. This copyright exists only when it is contracted.
  
  Both Copyrights are listed with the government so there is no mistake who did what. This crap about you used my lick, my line, my words has to stop. It is stifling creativity and will make this country fail.
  We in America are the creators of the world! Period. Everyone else copies us. Got it. We create the gadgets, write the software, make the movies and create the music that the rest of the world wants. We can't lose. Everybody copies us. Even the Muslim chicks with their headdresses wear Jeans. Who invented Jeans? Americans.

• On the post: Double Standard On The Special 301 Report: Industry Is Allowed Vague, Unsupported Statements; Consumer Advocates Are Not

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2011 @ 05:26am

  The USTR sounds like they do business like Google. Lot's of info and no validity. Lot's of empty links and no substance.

• On the post: NYTimes: When We Do It, It's Journalism, When HuffPo Does It, It's 'Piracy'

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2011 @ 05:24am

  I thought the AP was a copy operation. You know we sell you a copy of news from other places. What reporting. My local newspaper has very little and uses AP all the time. It a lot cheaper than having a real reporter.

• On the post: Righthaven Really Pushing Its Luck: Sues Canadian Newspaper For Misattributing Photo

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2011 @ 05:21am

  'Watson' scanned your newspaper today and added it to it's database. Did IBM pay copyright fees?

• On the post: Bath & Bodyworks Goes To Court To Explain To Summit Entertainment That The Word Twilight Existed Before The Movie

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2011 @ 05:20am

  I thought the word 'Twilight' was a description of their mental abilities.

• On the post: 'Free' Culture Folks Discuss Models For Sustainable Creativity

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2011 @ 05:18am

  'creating sustainable models for creativity' makes me goofy. Their is no model for creativity. Only non-creative people have the stupidity to even think that. Creativity is a non fettered process that if you could bottle it you would be rich, but you can't bottle it or categorize it. Before you know it, the non-creative bitches will force us to create in a regulated manner that produces only pablum and revolution. Remember Prohibition's lessons. You take something away from people that they want (Drugs, Gambling, Prostitution, ALCOHOL) they do it anyway and you create an underground more powerful than the government.

• On the post: Google Found Guilty Of Copyright Infringement In France For Not Magically Blocking Infringing Movie

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2011 @ 05:11am

  France is out of control. But what do you expect when you elect a communist. Sarkozy sucks.

• On the post: NY Times Lawyers Shut Down Blog Promoting The NY Times

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2011 @ 06:52am

  Yep! Copyright. License to Litigate.

• On the post: Rep. Lofgren Tells Seized Sites They Should Sue The Gov't For Defamation

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2011 @ 08:11am

  Sounds like a class action suit.

• On the post: Judge Says No Anonymity For Anyone Who Visited GeoHot's PS3 Hacking Website Or Watched YouTube Video

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2011 @ 06:08am

  Frak the judge. He's not the final word. It's a well known fact that American Judges interpret the law the way they feel that day. So Frak 'em. There's no justice in amerika. If you try to use the courts you are not only stupid but you are now broke.

• On the post: If You Say Something In Public, You Can Be Quoted And If You Say Something On Twitter, That's Public

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 03 Mar, 2011 @ 06:18am

  I agree. If you have a private option and you want it to be private then select it. Otherwise stop whining about it. It really is getting old all this discourse about privacy that does not exist. Maybe there is some in your bathroom.

• On the post: Libya Disconnects From The Internet… Because That Worked So Well In Egypt

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 21 Feb, 2011 @ 06:41am

  Well Libya sucks, it always did. So what's new.

• On the post: Lawsuit Claims Miller High Life Loyalty Program Infringes Patent

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 21 Feb, 2011 @ 06:40am

  That's ridiculous! A database layout was allowed to be patented. The patent have the most stupid people on the planet approving patents. This is way too broad and obviously will infringe on tons of other database layouts. Database setup with accompanying documentation is copyright like a book dip shits. I was VP for research and development for 10 years and worked closely with Copyright / Patent / Trademark attorneys! A whole damn room full of them. The phone card project had a general patent for the process of making phone cards and putting money on them of which the customer database was really a small part. Crucial but small. The database layout for the cards was considered source code and thus copyrighted.
  We really need reform and a total review. Whoever is running the patent office has screwed it up and made your patent nothing but a license to litigate.

• On the post: Microsoft Accidentally Bans Its Own License From App Store?

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 19 Feb, 2011 @ 05:30am

  That's a business plan! License yourself out of business! Haaarrrr!

• On the post: Yet Another Company Says It Can Help You Sell Used MP3s

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 19 Feb, 2011 @ 05:28am

  That creates another question which was not answered. Can you sell a cd with mp3's on it?

• On the post: The Next Generation Of Music Services Need To Go Beyond Replicating The Analog In The Digital World

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 18 Feb, 2011 @ 06:25am

  Sounds like to me he's living in lala land. Nothing is as you say it is. This guy is stupid. People still want to own what they pay for. What a loon he is. He is living in a utopia that no one else can even glimpse. My son was a so-called Millenial and downloaded tunes. He did it because he could. And because it was FREE!! Duh. It's still the same way. Human behavior never changes no matter what label you put on it. No matter how you're connected you still look for the freebie.

• On the post: Walmart Employees Fired For Disarming Gun-Toting Robber

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 18 Feb, 2011 @ 06:06am

  You pull a gun on me you better shoot immediately because I am going to take you down. The more you threaten me the meaner I get. If I'm going to die it will be fighting. So screw Walmart because I won't be protecting their money. I will be protecting my life. Of course if that's the only job you can get is at Walmart then you need to go back to school and learn something useful. Walmart is a transient operation and is not a future for anyone including their managers.

• On the post: Ron Wyden Speaks Out Against COICA: We Shouldn't Toss Out The First Amendment Just To Go After A Few Bad Actors

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 17 Feb, 2011 @ 06:25am

  Yea Ron!!! We love you in Oregon.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Add Jeopardy! To The List Of Games That AI Is Better At Than You….

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 17 Feb, 2011 @ 06:18am

  I don't even go to Casinos. Only fools gamble against a computer. I have been programmer for over 30 years and we used to have a free poker game to give to our clients. We would rig it for our favorite clients so they would win. Of course we padded it. Everyone in authority pads the goodie.

• On the post: Isn't It Time To Drop The Laughable 'Special 301' Report?

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 17 Feb, 2011 @ 06:15am

  Who or what the hell is a USTR? I had to google it to find out and missed reading your article. Doing research on your research sucks. Name the acronyms for us dumb shits.

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