"RFC 733 is a document, not software, drafted in November 1977," the lawyer wrote. "It was, at best, a specification attempting to provide a standardization of messaging protocols and interfaces. RFC 733 was not 'e-mail underpinnings' as some have said, nor equated as e-mail: the electronic software system intended to emulate the interoffice, inter-organizational paper-based mail system, created by Dr. Ayyadurai at UMDNJ in 1978."
Harder further argues that Tomlinson’s work (his RFC #561 describes "network mail" in 1971) is too ancient to be considered proper e-mail.
"Ray Tomlinson modified a pre-existing program SNDMSG, which was a local user electronic 'Post-It-Note' system, using borrowed code from another pre-existing program CPYNET, a file transfer protocol, to allow a user on one computer to append text to a file on another computer," Harder wrote.
"The user had to type in cryptic commands to even make this happen. It’s the equivalent of a ‘caveman Reddit,’ and very different from the email system that people use today. Dr. Ayyadurai wrote 50,000 lines of code to mirror the entire interoffice mail system—virtually the same system we use today; he named it ‘email;’ and he obtained the first U.S. Copyright for the invention and name."
there are a FEW *IMPORTANT* details here.
1) I could not find said copyright under said conditions 2) I could not find said PATENT under said conditions
so.. without PROOF that he has done so... I, for one, have to question his claim.
I have to amend my statement from yesterday, given facts that have been presented here.
Characters (as in specific characters), ships, etc. and apparently specific uniforms are copyright-able. This is partially why you have the Tom Paris/Nicholas Locarno disparity, even though they are essentially the same person, in different series.
HOWEVER:
When viewed in a vacuum, each of these elements may not individually be protectable by copyright. Plaintiffs, however, do not seek to enforce their copyright in each of these elements individually. Rather, Plaintiffs’ copyright infringement claims are based on the Star Trek Copyrighted Works as a whole. The Complaint clearly defines the works at issue (the Star Trek Copyrighted Works), and includes the copyright registration numbers for the motion pictures and the first episode of each television series. The Court finds it unnecessary to analyze whether the allegedly non-protectable elements of the Star Trek Copyrighted Works are eligible for copyright protection because Plaintiff describes these elements in the Complaint solely in an effort to demonstrate how the Axanar Works are substantially similar to the Star Trek Copyrighted Works.
Nope, this is NOT coming from higher up, I messaged the mods of /r/technology yesterday when the post went live. This is a subreddit decision (and other subreddits are also blocking/tagging Ad-blocker-blocker sites) but afaik, this is purely a subreddit decision.
They aren't entirely wrong. This isn't a COPYRIGHT issue as much as it's a TRADEMARK issue. The various uniforms, from TOS, TNG, DS9, Voyager, and Enterprise, as well as .. "future" uniforms (Ie. 32nd century uniforms) are TRADEMARKED.
The OTHER issue, is as to who OWNS said trademark. CBS holds the trademark for the greater Star Trek universe. Paramount holds the LICENSE to make Star trek films (IIRC).
you know....I find it odd... these same people that are calling Bernie Sanders a communist... are passing laws, engaging in police practices, etc. that LITERALLY STALIN. STALIN, and MAO USED. I think they are trying to deflect from their own communist tendencies.
well can we have Forbes committed now? If corporations are people now, and Forbes is a corporate person, then they should have corporate mental health issues too, right?
If we received a court order demanding our users' passwords, we couldn't provide them. Because they're encrypted.
This is the VERY same reason MMO's/other services say regularly "If you receive an email requesting your password for verification, it is a scam" that hits every so often/regularly, it's BECAUSE they CANNOT verify it themselves, and this has been going on since the mid-90's.
so... ya... those who drafted and wrote this up have absolutely NO idea how the internet works.
just the thing the NSA uses, a multi-key tool for unlocking stuff, just make sure you don't lose it or a virtual pathogen will get loose, or something :)
Chicago Bears (Possibly) Green Bay Packers Pittsburgh Steelers SF 49'ers Cleveland Browns Dallas Cowboys Kansas City Chiefs New England Patriots Oakland Raiders Buffalo Bills (Possible) Minnesota Vikings New Orleans Saints Cincinnati Bengals Seattle Seahawks Tampa Bay Buccaneers Houston Texans
and that's JUST in the NFL, not including NHL, NBA, College sports....
Not everyone in the state of Indiana is as stupid, retarded, redneck, half-witted, idiotic, imbecilic, thickheaded, and/or simple minded as our leaders portray us to be.
again, I am VERY VERY sorry for our leader's remarks.
Can we petition the White house to have Comey removed from his position? No. Seriously. can we? He has demonstrated that he is incompetent to run his job time and time again. He is a danger to himself and to national security, not only the US's but EVERYONE'S.
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Re: Re: an update... of sorts
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an update... of sorts
there are a FEW *IMPORTANT* details here.
1) I could not find said copyright under said conditions
2) I could not find said PATENT under said conditions
so.. without PROOF that he has done so... I, for one, have to question his claim.
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Characters (as in specific characters), ships, etc. and apparently specific uniforms are copyright-able. This is partially why you have the Tom Paris/Nicholas Locarno disparity, even though they are essentially the same person, in different series.
HOWEVER:
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Re:
so your argument is this, "It's okay if it's shit tier quality, but if you make anything with ANY kind of quality standards, you are in trouble."
glad we cleared that up.
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edit:
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actually.....
The OTHER issue, is as to who OWNS said trademark. CBS holds the trademark for the greater Star Trek universe. Paramount holds the LICENSE to make Star trek films (IIRC).
My source
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was gonna say....
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This is the VERY same reason MMO's/other services say regularly "If you receive an email requesting your password for verification, it is a scam" that hits every so often/regularly, it's BECAUSE they CANNOT verify it themselves, and this has been going on since the mid-90's.
so... ya... those who drafted and wrote this up have absolutely NO idea how the internet works.
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other teams up to the chopping block...
Green Bay Packers
Pittsburgh Steelers
SF 49'ers
Cleveland Browns
Dallas Cowboys
Kansas City Chiefs
New England Patriots
Oakland Raiders
Buffalo Bills (Possible)
Minnesota Vikings
New Orleans Saints
Cincinnati Bengals
Seattle Seahawks
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Houston Texans
and that's JUST in the NFL, not including NHL, NBA, College sports....
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I have to appologize on behalf of all Hoosiers...
again, I am VERY VERY sorry for our leader's remarks.
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Re: Crowdsourced!
Cleaning out my browser cache/history..
defraging/cleaning out unused applications...
Replacing old applications with newer versions...
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or....
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a penny for your thoughts
Strong encryption would also include DRM as well, would it not? and we KNOW how MPAA/RIAA feels about those dirty filthy pirates, right?
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