I would love to see a comment on the Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week thread win Funniest/Most Insightful Comment Of The Week the following week.
I wouldn't call gamers an 'aging demographic'. My kiddos all love the old school games. They've recently beaten both Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Super Mario 3 and both Zelda: Legends of the Past and Zelda: Spirit Tracks.
I wouldn't think she'd be able to claim much in damages, since she was already convicted of murder once. There's not much more you can do to her reputation at this point.
A lawsuit from whom, exactly? Whomever tiled the floor of a Roman villa in 350 BC? One of the many unknown scribes from Lindisfarne and Kells who scribed that manuscript? The Count of Milan who commissioned the Visconti Hours before Gutenburg was a mote in the eye of God? Anyone with a rudimentary understanding of fair use and the public domain would find the idea of a suit equally laughable. Regardless, this woman had not heard if either. She was baffled by those terms.
I actually just saw this post, sorry. I was in a huge hurry that day, and on a pretty tight deadline, after which I was out of town for a few days. If I hadn't been in such a hurry, I probably would have sent more detail, lol. (And maybe seen this post.)
Anyway, the woman in question was not the clerk. She was the owner of the print shop, which makes it so much worse, imho.
As for the series of events, she called me back after viewing what I'd sent her and told me that she couldn't print them. During the course of the conversation, I explained that these items were in the public domain and that even if they weren't, these documents would be considered fair use. She'd never heard of either and still refused to print them. At this point, I e-mailed Techdirt.
After that, I e-mailed the exact same documents to Staples, who printed them without comment but made me sign a short form saying that I was responsible for any infringement before I could pick them up. The same form was posted on their counter and by the DIY copiers, though, so I think that was just their standard practice.
I actually just saw this post, sorry. I was actually in a huge hurry that day, and on a pretty tight deadline, after which I was out of town for a few days. If I hadn't been in such a hurry, I probably would have sent more detail, lol.
Anyway, the woman in question was not the clerk. She was the owner of the print shop, which makes it so much worse, imho.
As for the series of events, she called me back after viewing what I'd sent her and told me that she couldn't print them. During the course of the conversation, I explained that these items were in the public domain and that even if they weren't, this would constitute fair use. She'd never heard of either and still refused to print them. At this point, I e-mailed Techdirt.
After that, I e-mailed them to Staples, who printed them without comment but made me sign a short form saying that I was responsible for any infringement before I could pick them up. The same form was posted on their counter and by the DIY copiers, though, so I think that was just their standard practice.
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Roflmao.
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It would be so meta.
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Totally lame.
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Uh, no.
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Anyway, the woman in question was not the clerk. She was the owner of the print shop, which makes it so much worse, imho.
As for the series of events, she called me back after viewing what I'd sent her and told me that she couldn't print them. During the course of the conversation, I explained that these items were in the public domain and that even if they weren't, these documents would be considered fair use. She'd never heard of either and still refused to print them. At this point, I e-mailed Techdirt.
After that, I e-mailed the exact same documents to Staples, who printed them without comment but made me sign a short form saying that I was responsible for any infringement before I could pick them up. The same form was posted on their counter and by the DIY copiers, though, so I think that was just their standard practice.
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Which was, I guess, too subtle?
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Sorry for not being clearer. I was in a huge hurry, and dealing with morons. :P
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Anyway, the woman in question was not the clerk. She was the owner of the print shop, which makes it so much worse, imho.
As for the series of events, she called me back after viewing what I'd sent her and told me that she couldn't print them. During the course of the conversation, I explained that these items were in the public domain and that even if they weren't, this would constitute fair use. She'd never heard of either and still refused to print them. At this point, I e-mailed Techdirt.
After that, I e-mailed them to Staples, who printed them without comment but made me sign a short form saying that I was responsible for any infringement before I could pick them up. The same form was posted on their counter and by the DIY copiers, though, so I think that was just their standard practice.
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