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A Sad Day for Spoiler Hounds...
POSTED BY: Novagrass
UPDATED: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 00:19
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Saturday, August 17, 2002 10:19 PM
Quote:You're thinking of trademarks. I've made the same mistake.
Originally posted by TinyTimm:
Unfortunatly, if you do not DEFEND your copyright, you lose it. The easiest way to enforce it is to send nastygrams.
It does make some sense to go after people who use copyrighted material without permission. And yes, it also makes sense to give a little slack to people who are giving you free PR. Unfortunately, the people whose job it is to enforce IP issues usually aren't paid enough to worry about such little distinctions -- it's easier to just hassle everybody who might be breaking the rules.
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Sunday, August 18, 2002 11:29 AM
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Originally posted by Zicsoft:Quote:You're thinking of trademarks. I've made the same mistake.
Originally posted by TinyTimm:
Unfortunatly, if you do not DEFEND your copyright, you lose it.
True. Trademark and copyright are convoluted. I've been following the discussion on jerrypournellle.com he's got a "vested interest" in the subject. I think it would make sense to issue limited licenses, but the lawyers wouldn't like it.
Jeff Timm
Who still remembers when the Shyster Vermin for The Mountain of Garbage forced "The Alien Critic" to become "The Science Fiction Review" all in the name of "protecting" their Alien Trademark.
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Sunday, August 18, 2002 8:25 PM
Quote:Knowing JP, "vested interest" means he's pissed off as usual. I used to be a fan, despite (or maybe because of) the fact that I'm on the other side from him on every political issue you can think of. But I got so tired of his selective use of the facts. No, that's too kind. He's lazy. I stopped reading his column in Byte when I realized he was ignorant of facts he could have learned just by browsing in a computer store.
Originally posted by TinyTimm:
True. Trademark and copyright are convoluted. I've been following the discussion on jerrypournellle.com he's got a "vested interest" in the subject. I think it would make sense to issue limited licenses, but the lawyers wouldn't like it.
Boy that rant was way offtopic, wasn't it? Sorry.
Quote:Well, blaming lawyers for that sort of thing is like blaming cops for silly blue laws, or garbagepeople for the landfill crisis.
Jeff Timm
Who still remembers when the Shyster Vermin for The Mountain of Garbage forced "The Alien Critic" to become "The Science Fiction Review" all in the name of "protecting" their Alien Trademark.
We're big on freedom in this country. Economic freedom, personal freedom, general freedom of action. Which is not something I'd care to change. But the precise implementation has some flaws -- the biggest of which is that some rights are expensive to exercise. You have the right to have your day in court, but unless you're very rich or very poor, you can't really afford to exercise this right.
It's tempting to blame people who do strange things like claim total ownership of the word "alien" (or their lawyers) for abusing the system. But face it, when you have market-driven everything, you're supposed to maximize your advantage. You can even get in trouble if you don't -- a publically-held company that isn't obnoxious about its trademarks is gonna get sued by its stockholders.
Hey, I'm back ontopic!
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Monday, August 19, 2002 8:19 PM
Quote:Problem was a FIVE MONTH lead time on his columns. A fact us readers didn't understand many times, when computer hardware was a green grocery business.
Originally posted by Zicsoft:Quote:
Knowing JP, "vested interest" means he's pissed off as usual. I used to be a fan, despite (or maybe because of) the fact that I'm on the other side from him on every political issue you can think of. But I got so tired of his selective use of the facts. No, that's too kind. He's lazy. I stopped reading his column in Byte when I realized he was ignorant of facts he could have learned just by browsing in a computer store..
Well, blaming lawyers for that sort of thing is like blaming cops for silly blue laws, or garbagepeople for the landfill crisis.
Hey, I'm back ontopic!
The legal staffs of various big corps, look for trouble to justify their grossly excessive salaries. Legal intimidation must be stopped. If it ever happens to me, I intend to go down and swear out a complaint for intimidation and if it's across state lines, I'll go see the FBI. Defending anything now days costs $100,000 and UP. For TMoG (Paramount) shysters are a deductable expense, therefore FREE. You got $100,000 to throw away?
Jeff Timm
Who has to worry about paying the cats dental bill.
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Tuesday, August 20, 2002 12:19 AM
Quote:Hey, I'm not talking cutting edge technology. He was saying that he preferred internal modems because he could never remember how to wire RS-232 cables! Yes, there was a time when pre-wired serial cables weren't available for most computers, but it ceased to be true long, long before this column came out.
Problem was a FIVE MONTH lead time on his columns. A fact us readers didn't understand many times, when computer hardware was a green grocery business.
I've also heard Jerry rant against dynamic linking and multitasking in a way that made it clear he understood neither concept.
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