No only do you win, but the accompanying article (About the The Coquille Indian Tribe in Oregon) was interesting as well. I live in Oregon and I didn't know about that.
Mr. Levy should nominate Mr. Leigh Ellis of Gillhams Solicitors LLP for the World Stupidity Awards, sadly it appears that it went inactive in 2007. Unfortunately since nobody died they don't qualify for The Darwin Awards, too bad.
Senators Patrick Leahy and Orrin Hatch should be hanged, shot, drawn and quartered, and burned on a pyre. This is criminal disloyalty to The Constitution of the United States of America
"but I thought you could patent the ideas behind specific implementations of the general idea"[emphasis added]
The Keyword here is implementation, to use the example of "making a power cord that solves the problem of computers falling when people trip" I can think of 5 ways to do that off the top of my head, at least 3 of those methods are actually in use today (and possibly patented). If I wanted to I could take the time to research the other designs and patent them (presuming they have not been patented by somebody else already). What I could NOT however legitimately patent the idea itself (even though may patents today are so ridiculously broad as to come close to that).
Did he or did he not film these town council meetings himself? Granted I am in the US not the UK but does that not give HIM the copyright to the video?
I just do not understand why people think they can get away with this crap.
On I side note I signed the Demand Progress petition to "Stop the Internet Blacklist" Yesterday. After yoiu sign you are requested to Call the office of Sen. Patrick Leahy (the sponsor of the bill) at (202) 224-4242 "Hollywood has been bombarding Washington with calls in favor of the bill, but they haven't heard from anyone who's against it"
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is also taking action on their Action Center with a campaign to "Tell your Senator to reject the entertainment industry's outrageous Internet censorship bill that would blacklist websites, interfere with the Internet's domain name system (DNS), and legitimize unilateral Internet censorship worldwide." If you live in the United States you can send a letter to your states Senators to reject S. 3804, or COICA, the Internet censorship bill.
PETITION TO THE SENATE: Censoring the Internet is something we'd expect from China or Iran, not the U.S. Senate. You need to stop this Internet blacklist in its tracks and oppose S. 3804.
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Re: My 1½¢ Worth
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My 1½¢ Worth
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How about we tell The USPTO to shove their ACTA up their COICA and implode the DMCA into oblivion?
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Wow that is a first for me... I wonder what I did ...
On the post: RIAA, Chamber Of Commerce: Censorship Via COICA Is Okay, Because Other Countries Censor Too
I Call Bull$hit
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Re: Re: how piracy has a zero effect on economies
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ROFL
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Re: Or...
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Re: Owning ideas
The Keyword here is implementation, to use the example of "making a power cord that solves the problem of computers falling when people trip" I can think of 5 ways to do that off the top of my head, at least 3 of those methods are actually in use today (and possibly patented). If I wanted to I could take the time to research the other designs and patent them (presuming they have not been patented by somebody else already). What I could NOT however legitimately patent the idea itself (even though may patents today are so ridiculously broad as to come close to that).
On the post: Senator Wyden Asks Congressional Research Service To Determine If ACTA Impacts US Law
w00t
Oregon actually has a Senator with a couple of brain cells to rub together, yay! I knew there was a reason I love it here.
On the post: More Stories Of People Following GPS Blindly Into Dangerous Situations
"What we've got here is a failure to communicate."
http://failblog.org/2010/10/07/epic-f ail-photos-classic-gps-fail-2/
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The scary part is the level of truth...
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Re: User based themes...
Overall Score 3.333333333..... out of 5
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Re: Ouch
What I was trying to say is> In the US you can loose your licence for that.
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Ouch
On the post: City Council Claims Copyright Infringement Over One Councillor Posting YouTube Clips Of Council Meetings
Huh?
I just do not understand why people think they can get away with this crap.
On the post: Tim Berners-Lee Comes Out Against COICA Censorship Bill; Shouldn't You?
Re: Re: I call Bull Shit
On I side note I signed the Demand Progress petition to "Stop the Internet Blacklist" Yesterday. After yoiu sign you are requested to Call the office of Sen. Patrick Leahy (the sponsor of the bill) at (202) 224-4242 "Hollywood has been bombarding Washington with calls in favor of the bill, but they haven't heard from anyone who's against it"
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is also taking action on their Action Center with a campaign to "Tell your Senator to reject the entertainment industry's outrageous Internet censorship bill that would blacklist websites, interfere with the Internet's domain name system (DNS), and legitimize unilateral Internet censorship worldwide." If you live in the United States you can send a letter to your states Senators to reject S. 3804, or COICA, the Internet censorship bill.
On the post: How The Attempted Censorship Of File Sharing Sites Avoids Due Process
PETITION TO THE SENATE
http://demandprogress.org/
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