rick’s Comments

• Feb 14th, 2020 @ 6:23pm

  Re:

  on The End Of Ownership: Tesla Software Updates Giveth... And Tesla Software Updates Taketh Away...

  I would agree, except the features were not paid for the first time. They were activated for demo use.

• Feb 14th, 2020 @ 6:21pm

  Re: Re: Not the whole story?

  on The End Of Ownership: Tesla Software Updates Giveth... And Tesla Software Updates Taketh Away...

  I think the point is the options were not paid for by anybody. They were activated for a demo. Then the car got sold and resold.

• Nov 14th, 2018 @ 6:59am

  (untitled comment)

  on The Girl Scouts Sues The Boy Scouts Over Trademark
  The Boy Scouts existed before the Girl Scouts. Shouldn't they go after the GS for trademark?
• Sep 15th, 2018 @ 7:31pm

  Re: Re: ...

  on Plagiarists Or Innovators? The Led Zeppelin Paradox Endures
  Nobody. Public domain.
• Jan 10th, 2018 @ 9:59pm

  Re: Re: Re: 28 years plus reduced protection for second 28

  on Copyright Maximalists Throw In The Towel On Term Extension; Admit That Maybe Copyright Is Too Long
  If after 28 years the do not think $24K is a good investment for the next 28, the underlying work probably isn't worth it. Plus they will likely have newer works providing some income?
• Jan 10th, 2018 @ 9:37pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Wow!

  on Copyright Maximalists Throw In The Towel On Term Extension; Admit That Maybe Copyright Is Too Long
  How about something like 25 years or life+12years, whichever comes first? That way it does give some time after an author/artist's death to capitalize on the work.
• Sep 12th, 2017 @ 6:22am

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  on Tesla Remotely Extended The Range Of Drivers In Florida For Free... And That's NOT A Good Thing
  It doesn't matter if it is in the article if the article is wrong. The 60 has the same battery as the 75, but software limited to 60 KWh. The others have more cells in the battery pack. There is no way to take a 60 or 75 to a 90 or 100 other than to physically replace the pack with one.
• Sep 10th, 2017 @ 5:29pm

  Re: Re: Dumb question - how did he get the copyrights?

  on Case Dismissed: Judge Throws Out Shiva Ayyadurai's Defamation Lawsuit Against Techdirt
  I think what you are saying here is that the University should be the holder of the copyright. Yes?
• Jun 24th, 2017 @ 10:44pm

  Re: Re: Just Wait

  on Facial Recognition Software Brings Personalized Ads To The Supermarket
  Yes, even showed up in Minority Report. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bXJ_obaiYQ
• Aug 20th, 2016 @ 11:43pm

  Joke candidates

  on Federal Election Commission To Crack Down On 'Deez Nuts' As Presidential Candidate
  Are they going to crack down on the two jokes leading the polls?
• Nov 5th, 2015 @ 6:25pm

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  on How The Redskins' Delightfully Vulgar Court Filing Won Me Over
  How is Canuck insulting? Or Warrior? GSW has not had an Indian in the logo since 1969, so warrior is now generic.
• Feb 6th, 2015 @ 4:42pm

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  on Yes, Major Record Labels Are Keeping Nearly All The Money They Get From Spotify, Rather Than Giving It To Artists
  In the days of CDs and LPs, the estimate on "per play" was infinitesimal, yes. On some CDs it was rather large - listened a time or two and tossed it aside. Some "hits" were not hits with everyone.
• Nov 27th, 2012 @ 8:33am

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  on The Oatmeal Sued Again - This Time For Trademark Infringement
  No, they chose to name their company after their rabbit, who was named after a common breakfast food, first.
• Nov 27th, 2012 @ 8:29am

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  on The Oatmeal Sued Again - This Time For Trademark Infringement
  All wives do. They start with the raw material that they married and proceed to craft "their husband" over the course of many years.
• Sep 27th, 2012 @ 8:48am

  (untitled comment)

  on Hospital Tech Declines To Patent His Invention, As Saving Lives Is 'More Important Than Money'
  Curious that the lanyards that they used at the hospital had NO breakaways. The single breakaway lanyard is used in places that have machinery to keep it from harming the wearer if it gets caught up.
  I can see how the three breakaways are better than one in this circumstance, though, because an attackers hands could grab the lanyard at the breakaway and still have a nice long "string" to use with one hand on each end.
• Aug 11th, 2012 @ 6:33pm

  Re: Re: Open Source Trademarks

  on Two Open Source Communities Battle It Out Over Trademarks
  If they completed the gear, then they could be infringing on Techshop's gear logo (http://www.techshop.ws/). They use the gear for quite a lot of their teaching projects, so they are rather proud of it.
• Jul 6th, 2012 @ 4:29am

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  on Throwing Rocks Through Your Windows: Cover Artists Beating Original Artists To Market
  If the artists wrote the song, then they are getting some money through the mechanical royalty. If they didn't and just recorded it, then I guess they are SOL.
  
  Fault the record company for not releasing it for sale earlier.