This is why punishments in the law reference the withdrawal of driving 'privileges.' You might feel that there is a right to drive, but it is not recognized by law, and does not really exist.
Surprise, I don't need Mike's help to trust the government less. The government does a good enough job doing that on its own. Besides, no country should EVER trust its governing body. That's the path to complacency and loss of liberties.
And yet it lost in the marketplace. Why was that? Because it was more expensive, and less useful. That begs the question of which was truly the inferior product.
Re: "why the scientist herself can't just speak out..."
Speaking out of your ass, again? If you actually rubbed two brain cells together, you might get a big enough spark to check before you speak. Canadians are guaranteed free speech rights by article 2b of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. True, there is a limitation on it, but calling them 'serfs' is just beyond trollish.
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"We've certainly seen this in other fields as well, such as when Cory Smith took his free MP3s off of his website... and immediately saw his iTunes sales plummet."
So, was THAT a one day advertising gimmick? Or did you just not even bother to read? Come on, you can troll harder than that.
Your analogy fails. Mostly because she's willing to pay to see what she created, but copyright law won't let her. Can't really make that fit with your horrid, nonsensical example.
The 'protectable elements' that the judge points to are all standard elements of femdom photography. Nothing in either of these pictures is strikingly unique, taken as a part. Not even the 'frantic mood' he so laughingly points at. Prior art, alone, should be enough to push that point across.
I realize 'prior art' is not a standard in copyright, however, if something is so generic as to be instantaneously recognized as part and parcel to a style...
As always, thank you for explaining better what my fumbling attempts at communication could not properly convey. Sadly, I'm better with the cookin' than that talkin'.
"restaurants: Similar to fashion, the food has pretty much all been done. Much of the action in the food world is in trademarks and appearance rather than the food itself, as there really isn't much new under the sun. We are talking about riffing off of the public domain again. Another poor example."
Wow... You really are out of touch, aren't you? I'd suggest sitting down and watching some Food Network for a week and see just what you're most likely missing out on. Food is art, and saying it's all 'pretty much been done' is as nonsensical and unsupportable as saying the same thing about music, sculpture and literature.
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So, was THAT a one day advertising gimmick? Or did you just not even bother to read? Come on, you can troll harder than that.
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Wow... You really are out of touch, aren't you? I'd suggest sitting down and watching some Food Network for a week and see just what you're most likely missing out on. Food is art, and saying it's all 'pretty much been done' is as nonsensical and unsupportable as saying the same thing about music, sculpture and literature.
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