David McLeish at Square Root of Minus G*rf**ld:
(“But… but… you just can’t do that.” “Oh yes you can.”)
(aag@s-t)
AP (Watkins, “Feds Say They Drive a Stake into Mongols Gang,” 22 Sep ’08):
But U.S. Attorney Thomas O’Brien has asked for an injunction that would seize the Mongols’ trademarked name. If the order is approved, any Mongol would no longer be able to wear a jacket displaying the gang’s name or emblem. “It would allow [...]
WSJ publishes a commonsensical defense of “piracy” by Lessig, who bridles:
Sorry to disappoint, but my new book, Remix, is not “A Defense of Piracy,” whatever the Wall Street Journal’s headline writers may think.
Note to Larry:
“Piracy” is defined by the Content Cartels, not by WSJ headline writers—and, according to the CCs, you’re defending piracy. If you [...]
“Olympic Mottoes Borrow Lines from O Canada,” CBC, 25 Sep ’08:
Two phrases borrowed from Canada’s national anthem have been chosen as the mottoes for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, and organizers have already moved to protect the commercial rights to the lines.
The lines “With glowing hearts” from the English version and “Des plus [...]
That is the considered opinion of the Société pour l’administration du droit de reproduction mécanique des auteurs compositeurs et éditeurs (SDRM) on the subject of the USSR’s national anthem. SDRM just billed the filmmaker Jean-Christophe Soulageon a bill for EUR1000 because someone whistled seven seconds of the commie anthem “L’Internationale” in his 2004 film Insurrection [...]
Dr. Thomas Fingar, Deputy Dir of Nat’l Intell for Analysis and Chairman of the Nat’l Intel Council, in his 25 June ’08 testimony before Congress (114K pdf):
Elsewhere, developing countries—particularly major greenhouse gas emitters—may demand that the WTO Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) be amended to allow for the production and development [...]
AP recently caused a stink when it announced that it plans to charge $7.50+ for the right to quote as few five words. Their “Licensing Agent for Reuse,” iCopyright, announced in a press release that “AP Deputy Director/Business Development Bruce Glover [said,] ‘iCopyright makes it easier to monitor copyright compliance and to identify pirated and [...]