Where were they when the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers officially changed their name to "LA Clippers" in 2015? Shouldn't they have objected to that trademark filing as well?
Believe me, the moment that Major League Baseball teams start looking to the management of video game teams as a proving ground for hiring general managers and coaches, I'll have a whole new career path on my hands.
"Video game" might be a misnomer in this case, they'd be looking at the text sim players. And even then, what works in Out Of The Park doesn't always work in real life...
This is a use of Bernie's campaign logo for anti-Bernie purposes. I don't fault the campaign for going after this guy, even if we know it's not actual infringement.
Of course, maybe this was a reverse-Streisand, and Bernie wanted the image to be widespread to mock McCall or something. Just a thought.
I think the Copyright Office has a point. Digital files do need copyright protection of some sort.
Now, the whole "making available" thing is bullshit, but in the modern world there's no reason for the term "copies" to only apply to physical material objects.
As a former Leverett resident who still has ties to the area, I'm not surprised we'd be doing this. All we had was dial-up, and in the modern age that wasn't cutting it.
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My real question is:
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The reason LA Gear won't win this thing
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Re: Re: Lover this..
The original story did have seven dwarfs.
Disney owns the individual dwarf characters - their personalities were created for the film - but not the group of seven dwarfs itself.
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LOL LEAFS
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I think we get the point.
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"Video game" might be a misnomer in this case, they'd be looking at the text sim players. And even then, what works in Out Of The Park doesn't always work in real life...
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I don't think this is really about Klingon.
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Of course, maybe this was a reverse-Streisand, and Bernie wanted the image to be widespread to mock McCall or something. Just a thought.
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Re:
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Another idea to loophole around this
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Filthy 'Muricans, always spreading their influence to the rest of the world.
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Cy Vance, please answer "yes" or "no"...
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As much as I hate to say this...
Now, the whole "making available" thing is bullshit, but in the modern world there's no reason for the term "copies" to only apply to physical material objects.
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Regarding the "retroactive" copyright extensions and ex post facto
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Re:
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Reflection removal
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