Franklin's London experience sounds identical to Edison's London experience 150 years later, as he tried to introduce DC generation, power distribution and lighting systems there. In correspondence, Edison whines about the inability to license his ideas... not nearly as high-minded as Franklin... but you sense a kind of oh-well shrug in his complaints; in practice, his own local enterprise became one of the competing players in a free market, and at some level, he seemed all right with that. Even as an old, established magnate years later, you get the feeling that he knew he had to take a stab at policing his IP, but that he understood his own... "collaborative"... past.
What the US does have is a history of stealing first, and once the invention works, trying to nail things down tight as a drum. Edison... clearly built on the works of others, but litigated furiously once he had enough market share -- and income -- to hire a pack o' lawyers. Alexander Graham Bell, ditto; a community of inventors who all understood each other's technologies stood behind the telephone, but once patented, Bell's lawyers performed a revisionist purge. And the Wright brothers, who assembled a pile of competing technologies and gave it a tweak... their lawsuits against competitors lasted decades.
I would think that with the number of bogus filings Steele's made using his relatives, friends and acquaintances (Cooper!) and their various related addresses, piercing the corporate veil out to be a next step.
"... homeowners who advertise parties in advance, sell drinks and charge covers at the door."/br
Umm... aren't there already laws that cover this? Alcoholic Beverage permits, or lack thereof? Awww, what the hell... what's a few more laws? Go ahead, boys -- give us a statute or two.
Great document... page-and-a-half of poorly conceived thoughts, then 11.5 pages of signatures. What a great resource! A small forgery school in Washington is busy practicing copying them. And after psychological analysis, the entire membership of the Forensic Handwriting Analysis League is moving to Canada.
Seriously? Guam has an Attorney General, and he's considered to be one from "23 states"? I call foul -- what about Puerto Rico, patiently waiting to be our 51st state? I hope failure to sign on to this initiative doesn't hurt PR's chances for statehood. No more jocularity for the PR AG; how do you say "sourpuss" in Puerto Rican?
Re: Re: but isn't the metadeta and content on the same file?
So... if lots and lots of us used cute little keyword-generator scripts and appended inflammatory scan-bait to the ends of all our e-mails... would it annoy our captors? I mean, uh... those who insure our security? Would it make their scanning computers emit smoke and then explode, like in the movies?
In the US, I've heard that the taking of pictures isn't the problem; it's when you try to use those images that you'll have problems if permissions haven't been granted.
Years ago, the local phone directory in my area contained listings... and even an ad... from Walt's Automotive Service Center. (Sound like the phone company was "profiting handsomely", right, Mr. AG?)
But ol' Walt would sell you a state inspection sticker for $100, no matter what shape your rusted-out, supercharged time bomb of a vehicle was in. Criminal action, and one which endangered other drivers and even passers-by. And unfair to those who paid to properly maintain their cars.
It's the phone company's fault, I say! Mega-corporation with deep pockets, profiting handsomely by cleverly "looking the other way". Sue them! Shut them down!
On the post: US Innovation: Built On Copying And Permissionless Innovation
Re: Re: Post-innovation
On the post: US Innovation: Built On Copying And Permissionless Innovation
Post-innovation
On the post: Prenda Fails To Pay Filing Fee For Appeal, Now Owes $9,425 In Legal Fees
Re: Out of curiosity...
On the post: Brooklyn City Council Member Wants The Police Invited To Any House Party
Classic over-response
Umm... aren't there already laws that cover this? Alcoholic Beverage permits, or lack thereof? Awww, what the hell... what's a few more laws? Go ahead, boys -- give us a statute or two.
On the post: Team Prenda Plays Dumb In Central California, As Brett Gibbs Says They Lied In Northern California
Cunning linguist
On the post: Members Of Congress: India's Pharma Industry 'Protectionism' Is Harming US Pharma Industry's Abuse Of Patent System
Most revealing
On the post: The Battle Against Broadly Written Court Orders And Warrants Goes All The Way Back To 1760
On the post: The Battle Against Broadly Written Court Orders And Warrants Goes All The Way Back To 1760
Not funny in Guam?
On the post: Game Creator Finds That Knockoffs Can't Match His Awesome Game
Cached out
Not being a coder, I'm not really sure how tight development delivers that kind of cache. But I'll bet the game's cachet is something special, too.
On the post: How The Indian Government's 'Central Monitoring System' Makes The NSA Look Like A Paragon Of Restraint
Solving Indian unemployment
On the post: Latest Leak: NSA Collects Bulk Email Metadata On Americans
Re: Re: but isn't the metadeta and content on the same file?
On the post: Latest White House Intellectual Property Strategic Plan Much More Balanced & Reasonable
Re: Cue the Rubes in Suits
On the post: Sweden Makes It Illegal To Take Photos In 'Private Environments' Without Permission
On the post: NSA's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week
Re: Talk about secretive ...
On the post: NSA's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week
Re:
On the post: NSA's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week
Re: NSA points
On the post: NSA Infringed Adam Hart-Davis' Photograph For Its PRISM Logo
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
On the post: State Senator's Wife Threatens Likely Fake Facebook Profiles With Fame For Hitting On Her Man
Re:
On the post: Mississippi Attorney General Says Its Google's Fault He Can Find Infringing & Counterfeit Items
A problem as old as the hills
But ol' Walt would sell you a state inspection sticker for $100, no matter what shape your rusted-out, supercharged time bomb of a vehicle was in. Criminal action, and one which endangered other drivers and even passers-by. And unfair to those who paid to properly maintain their cars.
It's the phone company's fault, I say! Mega-corporation with deep pockets, profiting handsomely by cleverly "looking the other way". Sue them! Shut them down!
On the post: President Obama 'Welcomes' The Debate On Surveillance That He's Avoided For Years Until It Was Forced Upon Him
Re:
And just why is it that you want to be able to comment as him, of all people?
Next >>