A) You are driving people away with your Orwellian world views. I don't watch summer Olympics and may not watch the closing ceremonies this weekend because I just so sick of you thinking that you are the King of Everything.
B) Go US athletes!
C) Re: Michial Thompson No, sorry. That isn't how the law works. In trademark law, anyone is allowed to say anything they want as long as they aren't trying to cause confusion. They also cannot misrepresent the facts. Pepsi can say "people don't like Coke" or "some Olympic athletes drink Pepsi." and both are legally allowed in the US, even if the IOC owns trademarks on the word 'Olympics'.
Who said YouTube? I said to put it on the NBC portal so they get ad revenue from views. Plus, if it is on the portal for free then there is no reason for people to move it over to YouTube.
Just make the events available on-line. Fans, family members, and regular viewers could watch what they want to* and you can even get advertising revenue because all of those people are watching on your portal. What is so damn hard about this? Is ya an idjit? Is ya trying to make it to the top of FailBlog two months in a row?
* Totally sick of downhill ski events, yet I bet that you'll show hours of it on TV. You'll show even more half pipe, and I'm getting sick of that after just a single Olympics. Want to see things like Nordic Combined, Biathlon, luge etc.
I can register TechCopyrightStories.com and simply iFrame TechDirt.com and you wouldn't mind? Even if I were to sell ads on top of your ads? Even if I were to host pr0n over your ads and logos, thus enabling the casual surfer to think that TechDirt content was linked to porn?
I usually defend you, Mike, because you are usually a right-thinking person, but I'm baffled that you can't see the problem here.
I read your PDF. I further understand that you cannot comment on pending litigation.
However, I'd still like to see a link to your original patent as well as a link to the complaint you filed against the US companies. I'd also like to see a list of the substantive differences between Plumpy'nut and Re:vive.
It appears to be that the patent, as issued, is too broad and the Plumpy lawyers are screwing over people who wish to make food paste (which certainly wasn't invented by Plumpy).
Example, you can't sell 'two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun' unless you own a McD's franchise, but you can certainly sell a burger with two patties made only with beef, ketchup and mayo mixed together, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a bun sprinkled with sesame seeds.
So IMHO IANAL if someone were to try and market a formula with 40% peanut paste and vitamins and minerals and milk powder (or whatever they use) then yes, that would be wrong. However, there is nothing to say that you can't market a peanut-based supplement for hungry children.
Ben, how is that even close to a fail? Unless you read the paragraphs differently, I don't see CBS saying "here, please preserve them." I see them saying "Sorry, try to find copies elsewhere but we aren't going to give you copies."
Also, regarding the OP. I know it was sarcasm. But the original point still stands and illustrates one of the many problems with copyright law.
Srsly? Take a look at all of the Firefly / Serenity stuff that has been produced *after* the show went off the air, not to mention about 500 Trek books from each of the series (which themselves split off in to sub-genres and also launched Shatner as an author).
The opportunities are endless. For example, why not have the creators of the proto Cylons in Caprica issue blueprints and tech stuff? There are enough Battlestar otaku that it would break even, as well as giving people another reason to tune in. There, you can have that one for free, Internets.
I'm usually with you but I think you are wrong on this one, at least for the IT market in the midwest. And yes, as only a 2nd and/or 3rd generation citizen myself I'm certainly in favor of immigration. However, these unfortunate H1B visa holders are paid much less than their American counterparts (though certainly more than they would make back home) and have absolutely replaced US workers.
I beg to differ. Mike doesn't advocate 'free above everything else' as you seem to think. He wants fair (small 'f') use, where there is the possibility of a return on investment for the content creator.
Certainly there is some value to the performer IF the song is selected. However, what if they don't select the song? It sounds to me like she wouldn't even be able to sing it in a coffee shop because she wouldn't own the rights. And that's just wrong.
So you mean I can't say that South Dakota state Rep. Ted Alvin Klaudt is a despicable and reprehensible person because he has a copyright on his name? Interesting, because I thought I could say that South Dakota state Rep. Ted Alvin Klaudt is a despicable and reprehensible person because, even though South Dakota state Rep. Ted Alvin Klaudt, again, a world-renowned despicable and reprehensible person, thinks I can't.
Wow, this is a puzzler. If only someone like South Dakota state Rep. Ted Alvin Klaudt, a well known despicable and reprehensible person, were here to help me out. You know, I'm almost sure that South Dakota state Rep. Ted Alvin Klaudt is a despicable and reprehensible person. And I don't care if South Dakota state Rep. Ted Alvin Klaudt (a despicable and reprehensible person) thinks he has a copyright on his name because South Dakota state Rep. Ted Alvin Klaudt is a despicable and reprehensible person.
South Dakota state Rep. Ted Alvin Klaudt is a despicable and reprehensible person
South Dakota state Rep. Ted Alvin Klaudt is a despicable and reprehensible person
South Dakota state Rep. Ted Alvin Klaudt is a despicable and reprehensible person
Phhhbbbtttt!
While I respect his desire to ensure that his mother can earn a living from his father's works, he clearly doesn't understand the first thing about monetizing intellectual property. Instead of an uninformed rant that will turn people away from his father's works he should have welcomed the poetry community and set up multiple ways to profit (book tours, poetry readings, micropayments, etc.).
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Just in case someone from the IOC reads this
A) You are driving people away with your Orwellian world views. I don't watch summer Olympics and may not watch the closing ceremonies this weekend because I just so sick of you thinking that you are the King of Everything.
B) Go US athletes!
C) Re: Michial Thompson No, sorry. That isn't how the law works. In trademark law, anyone is allowed to say anything they want as long as they aren't trying to cause confusion. They also cannot misrepresent the facts. Pepsi can say "people don't like Coke" or "some Olympic athletes drink Pepsi." and both are legally allowed in the US, even if the IOC owns trademarks on the word 'Olympics'.
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The creators live here in town
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Doesn't look like anyone has said it yet
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TAM
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There doesn't have to be pirated content, NBC!!!
* Totally sick of downhill ski events, yet I bet that you'll show hours of it on TV. You'll show even more half pipe, and I'm getting sick of that after just a single Olympics. Want to see things like Nordic Combined, Biathlon, luge etc.
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Awesome idea
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So let me understand
I usually defend you, Mike, because you are usually a right-thinking person, but I'm baffled that you can't see the problem here.
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Ok, Msr. Vallet
However, I'd still like to see a link to your original patent as well as a link to the complaint you filed against the US companies. I'd also like to see a list of the substantive differences between Plumpy'nut and Re:vive.
On the post: Patents Being Used To Keep Starving Children From Getting Therapeutic Food Paste
It isn't the invention
Example, you can't sell 'two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun' unless you own a McD's franchise, but you can certainly sell a burger with two patties made only with beef, ketchup and mayo mixed together, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a bun sprinkled with sesame seeds.
So IMHO IANAL if someone were to try and market a formula with 40% peanut paste and vitamins and minerals and milk powder (or whatever they use) then yes, that would be wrong. However, there is nothing to say that you can't market a peanut-based supplement for hungry children.
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Also, regarding the OP. I know it was sarcasm. But the original point still stands and illustrates one of the many problems with copyright law.
On the post: Patents Being Used To Keep Starving Children From Getting Therapeutic Food Paste
Plumpy'nut
Also, Mr. Ronald J. Riley, WTF is this on your piausa page?
____________"evil doers are still plotting"____________
Outside of old Batman reruns (the TV show, not the movies) who talks like that? Take a chillpill and get over yourself. Sheesh.
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Re: Dark Helmet
The opportunities are endless. For example, why not have the creators of the proto Cylons in Caprica issue blueprints and tech stuff? There are enough Battlestar otaku that it would break even, as well as giving people another reason to tune in. There, you can have that one for free, Internets.
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Sorry Mike
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Re: Anti-Mike
Certainly there is some value to the performer IF the song is selected. However, what if they don't select the song? It sounds to me like she wouldn't even be able to sing it in a coffee shop because she wouldn't own the rights. And that's just wrong.
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South Dakota state Rep. Ted Alvin Klaudt
Wow, this is a puzzler. If only someone like South Dakota state Rep. Ted Alvin Klaudt, a well known despicable and reprehensible person, were here to help me out. You know, I'm almost sure that South Dakota state Rep. Ted Alvin Klaudt is a despicable and reprehensible person. And I don't care if South Dakota state Rep. Ted Alvin Klaudt (a despicable and reprehensible person) thinks he has a copyright on his name because South Dakota state Rep. Ted Alvin Klaudt is a despicable and reprehensible person.
South Dakota state Rep. Ted Alvin Klaudt is a despicable and reprehensible person
South Dakota state Rep. Ted Alvin Klaudt is a despicable and reprehensible person
South Dakota state Rep. Ted Alvin Klaudt is a despicable and reprehensible person
Phhhbbbtttt!
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Re: Ima Fish
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Hmm, food for thought.
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Re: Post 2
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Cold Dead Hands
Not really contributing to the discussion here. Just voicing support for a company that make a fine product.
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What a schmuck
Too bad, really.
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