“We must inform you that publication of our rejection letter constitutes an infringement of our copyrights on said letter (see Monopoly Media, Government, et al. vs. the People, 1998). Please remove the infringing material(s), along with all related links in both search engines and internet web pages. If we do not receive confirmation at allmine@uspto.gov before the 1st of September, 2014, we will be forced to bring the matter before the courts. Thank you for your immediate capitulation.
If the IOC had been smart, they would have also trademarked the factorization (2 * 19 * 53) to ensure than any year derived from any of those was also kept in check. Heck, just trademark the number "1"
I'd be interested to view the same statistics framed in a per-capita context to see whether it's just because population is rising (and thus there's a corresponding rise in output). I suspect that, even looking at the per-capita stats, one would still see a rise, but it would be helpful to have that included.
The filing runs only two pages but is loaded with adjectives.
The two-page, bare-bones Summons With Notice accuses the newspaper of "falsely, maliciously, recklessly, slanderously, libelously and irresponsibly publicly stating in the interactive website www.lohud.com that plaintiff First Impression LLC is a licensed handgun owner."
I presume you're talking about the surfeit of adverbs?
My first thought was to use the star+digits (e.g. *57 or whatever) for reporting after the call. Thich is both easy and reasonable for the telcos to implement. Issues I saw:
- marketing that the feature is available. This can be addressed with money which the telcos certainly seem to rake in hand-over-fist. I still remember *69 from the telco advertising back in the 80s.
- pranksters that report people. This could be mitigated by the telcos maintaining a "this phonenumber/source has received more than N complaints from more than M recipients" tally, and only take action against those that exceed a certain threshold.
Re: Harvard's cost inflation can't keep pace with the journals'?
It's not to say that the periodicals' prices aren't ludicrous TOO, it's just to say that an institution of higher learning are at a pretty lousy place to complain about compounding prices.
Re: Harvard's cost inflation can't keep pace with the journals'?
27-28% isn't nearly as much as the 6-year increase at 1987 which was +76% total (and a jump of almost +90% of base tuition). No wonder academic publishers figured ridiculous pricing hikes were the norm. For Harvard to complain that it "far exceeds not only the consumer price index, but also the higher education and the library price indices" sounds a bit rich to me. Literally.
Harvard's cost inflation can't keep pace with the journals'?
Prices for online content from two providers have increased by about 145% over the past six years, which far exceeds not only the consumer price index, but also the higher education and the library price indices
I mean, Havard's total student cost (PDF) has only gone up 27-28% in the last 6 years. How's a poor university to cope?
Even after the Mickey Mouse Copyright Extension expires, I suspect Disney will lean on the Mickey/Steamboat Willy trademarks to come down hard on anybody who has the audacity to use "their" works.
it's just the visual analog to audio-sampling which is clearly legal! Oh, wait. Nope, never mind. The music folks have pressed hard to demonstrate that sampling is not legal.
But it's just in the background, not the primary focus of the video! Oh, nope. Forgot about arguments in Lenz v. Universal.
Um, give me a bit more time and I can tell you why this is different from the others...oh wait, because it's the recording industry being sued, instead of doing the suing!
My protozoan ancestors originally designed this "evolution" thing and you "evolvees" are merely coasting on minor tweaks in their original design. Pay up, you parasitic primates!
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Re: Re: This just in, redacted version availble
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Reminds me of this Saturday Night Live sketch
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This just in, redacted version availble
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Re: Link to correspondence
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Trademark this…
NY
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Re: Happy new year
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Curious about per-capita changes
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Torture your underage sex slave, get 20yr. Release documents, get 35yr
-gumnos
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Adjectives vs. adverbs? :-)
I presume you're talking about the surfeit of adverbs?
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Re: This is ridiculous.
- marketing that the feature is available. This can be addressed with money which the telcos certainly seem to rake in hand-over-fist. I still remember *69 from the telco advertising back in the 80s.
- pranksters that report people. This could be mitigated by the telcos maintaining a "this phonenumber/source has received more than N complaints from more than M recipients" tally, and only take action against those that exceed a certain threshold.
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Re: Re: Harvard's cost inflation can't keep pace with the journals'?
But for Harvard to complain "it's gone up an average of 16% over the last 6 years" doesn't sound nearly as dramatic.
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Re: Harvard's cost inflation can't keep pace with the journals'?
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Re: Harvard's cost inflation can't keep pace with the journals'?
On the post: Even Harvard Can't Afford Subscriptions To Academic Journals; Pushes For Open Access
Harvard's cost inflation can't keep pace with the journals'?
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Another "definitive" post, this time on CISPA?
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Dear Courts
1) I win
2) you pay me for my time at a rate of $500/hr
If you choose not to accept these terms, you can opt out by preventing litigation against me.
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Disney gearing up to do the same?
On the post: Artist Sues Sony Music Because Her Artwork Appears In The Background Of A Music Video
But wait...
But it's just in the background, not the primary focus of the video! Oh, nope. Forgot about arguments in Lenz v. Universal.
Um, give me a bit more time and I can tell you why this is different from the others...oh wait, because it's the recording industry being sued, instead of doing the suing!
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Protect Consumers and Our Troops - Support H.R. 3261
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Re: Innovation
:)
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