No longer will people gripe about how they changed the music for the home release. Soon, we'll be griping about how they replaced the actor with one whose licensing was more affordable...
Of course, Kasich is the same candidate who took a Libertarian off the ballot because he thought we Ohio voters weren't smart enough to vote Republican if we actually had a choice not to.
When I was at the hardware store, the idiot behind the counter tried to convince me that I needed to buy a screwdriver when I already had a hammer. I told him that he and the tool industry wer demanding twice the workload from me in order to fasten two objects with a piece of metal.
I've been using hammers and nails for as long as I can remember, and now I have to use screws and a screwdriver? Plus, I hear they have TWO DIFFERENT KINDS of screwdrivers. Why should I have to massively increase my overhead when a hammer can already be used on nails and nail-shaped objects?
I've never understood this concept with a character being protected by copyright. It seems to imply that the character is a fixed and tangible creative work.
I think that future cases of copyright over characters should require the authors or estates to present the so-called infringed upon work to the courts.
Whew. She had it easy. One time, DreamWorks thugs broke into my home and smashed my Puss in Boots DVD. Said I'd get a fresh copy when I "bought it again."
I think that the reason why tarnishment is a valid thing is because most consumers say to themselves: "Oh, how could Company X let Company Y use their name so immorally?" without considering for a moment that this is either an unreasonable expectation on Company X, or an unreasonable expectation on everybody else.
It seems to me to be a consumer confusion problem, but one that's been promoted by these big companies.
What would TWC do with free fiber, government employees, buildings, and discounted services? Would they make service better and cheaper for their users?
I think not. I have a feeling that if TWC/AT&T got these perks, they might use them to develop faster services, but would charge the users a premium to get access to them; or do nothing with them, since TWC does cable, and AT&T does DSL, letting the users wait for Verizon to come in with fiber, so they can continue to have tiered services that technically (but don't actually) compete with one another.
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Paging John Oliver...
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I've been using hammers and nails for as long as I can remember, and now I have to use screws and a screwdriver? Plus, I hear they have TWO DIFFERENT KINDS of screwdrivers. Why should I have to massively increase my overhead when a hammer can already be used on nails and nail-shaped objects?
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I think that future cases of copyright over characters should require the authors or estates to present the so-called infringed upon work to the courts.
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Strong IP Laws = Fostered Creativity
How many different songs are there to wish somebody a happy birthday?
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Why any Patent Lawyer Would Say the Patent System's Not Broken
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Re: Real Math Time...
On the post: Scientist Refused Permission To Call Hominids 'Hobbits', Even Though Word First Used In Print In 1895 -- And Not By Tolkien
Otherwise, we might get a dreadfully boring anthropological documentary called "The Hobbit" or something. Snore... even if it IS in 3D...
Bullet = dodged.
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It seems to me to be a consumer confusion problem, but one that's been promoted by these big companies.
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Competitive Disadvantage?
I think not. I have a feeling that if TWC/AT&T got these perks, they might use them to develop faster services, but would charge the users a premium to get access to them; or do nothing with them, since TWC does cable, and AT&T does DSL, letting the users wait for Verizon to come in with fiber, so they can continue to have tiered services that technically (but don't actually) compete with one another.
On the post: All Fair Use And No License Fees Makes Room 237 An Interesting Test Case
It makes me wonder if IP laws are just a government stimulus for the legal industry...
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