TG’s Comments

• Apr 3rd, 2013 @ 10:22am

  This is the same NYT

  on Author Claims That If Apple And Microsoft Started Today They'd Fail Without Stronger Patent Protection
  that told us that if Shakespeare had lived in our age of rampant copyright infringement, he wouldn't have been able to base his plays on recent... oh wait.
• Mar 20th, 2013 @ 12:16pm

  (untitled comment)

  on California Attorney General Claims Foreign Companies Using 'Pirated' Software Represent Unfair Competition
  Next they'll claim that using free/open-source software is "unfair competition"...
  
  Oh wait, they already did - the 301 watchlist.
• Mar 15th, 2013 @ 10:53am

  Re: Re: Wait a second...

  on Surprise: Register Of Copyrights Expected To Call For Reduction In Copyright Term
  If the reduction doesn't apply retrospectively then it won't be much of a fix - the benefits won't start appearing until the 2060s.
  
  And if registration is required then the benefits will be limited. Sure, it'll free up forgotten works a little quicker, but the corporations and estates will just reregister the profitable works.
  
  And in any case, life plus 50 is still an order of magnitude too long.
• Feb 19th, 2013 @ 7:04am

  He should be careful what he wishes for...

  on Bestselling Author Of Children's Books Accuses Public Libraries Of Stealing His Paychecks
  (Back when I was a kid) I bought most of the Horrible History series after borrowing a couple from the library. Wouldn't have heard of them otherwise.