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About Danny 
Dr. Daniel Mittleman is an Associate Professor at DePaul University’s College of Computing and Digital Media. His research focuses on collaboration engineering, virtual teamwork, and the design of both collaboration and learning spaces. His projects include investigation of collaboration aboard US Navy ships; development of team processes to support architectural planning, collaborative writing, and brainstorming; and the design of technology-supported collaboration facilities. Dr. Mittleman holds an AB and MBA from Washington University (St. Louis) and a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona, and is currently Past Chair and Webmaster of the Environmental Design Research Association. His blog on Virtual Collaboration is http://ihop.typepad.com/virtual
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Riddle me this, Batman... (as Danny)
What about Frank Gorshen? And Rich Little, and other impersonators?
Isn't this what they've been doing all along? They perform a "psycho-accoustic" re-creation of the original artist (whether dead or alive) sometimes repeating work originally done and sometimes putting their re-created artist into an entirely new situation.
Is there established case law on the IP relationship between artists and their impersonators?
only tangentially related (as Danny)
This is only tangentially related...
I was driving behind a GMC SUV yesterday and, for a moment, thought I was behind a new model Honda Civic as, for some reason, the font GM uses for GMC looked to me at first glance as GIVIC. It was a font I associate with Honda, though I have no idea who used it first.
Can't you make more? (as danny)
Talk about creating artificial scarcity: "It's real popular, so you have to order now or there won't be any more."
But but but (as Danny)
Well, maybe the question of whether Glenn Beck Raped and Murdered a Young Girl in 1990 is now resolved.
But Glenn Beck still hasn't addressed the question of whether he raped and murdered a young girl in 1991!!!
People, why are we the only ones asking these questions?
I love this line (as Danny)
"We do not have a declaration from the president of the international association of imbeciles that his members are blankly staring at the Respondent's website wondering "where did all the race baiting content go?""
It is worth the price of admission alone.
yeah, that's the ticket (as Danny)
"Honest officer, I only made one copy of this fifty for demonstration purposes; it should be covered under fair use."
way too much prior art for this to mean anything (as Danny)
Patent number: 6859936
Filing date: Nov 20, 2001
Issue date: Feb 22, 2005
A friend of mine based in Chicago (who I think came out of the advertising trade) had a very successful product placement consulting practice doing lots of business with TV and movies back in the late 1990s. And, of course, product placement was happening on TV in the 1950s, perhaps earlier on radio.
How stupid the patent office must have been to have granted this patent after the turn of the millennium.
Mike, I think the real story on this one is not the Chuztpah of Denizen (a shark is a shark), rather the incompetence of the Patent Agency.
Re: (as Danny)
Uh, yeah.
Beatles fans: 40s to 70s.
Gamers: 10s to 20s.
Not enough overlap here for a huge market.
Re: (as Danny)
Yeah! That was exactly my reaction.
What in the name of ANYTHING does this have to do with convincing the customer to BUY A TOYOTA?
Does anyone have a clue as to how they think this will help them sell cars?
waste of time (as Danny)
The day this was announced, I was interviewed by a local news channel for an "expert" opinion. I rebundled Mike's logic--presented here at that time--in my interview.
They were looking for something more purient than section 230, I think. They didn't use very much of what I said.
EveryBlock (as Danny)
Interesting cafe metaphor, but the site I am watching is www.everyblock.com. It was recently purchased by MSNBC.
EveryBlock scrapes public databases (crimes, real estate sales, restaurant inspections), and some private databases (restaurant reviews) in a one, three, and eight block circumferance of a requested location in a dozen or so major US cities.
If my guess is right, MSNBC has much greater plans for EveryBlock. I picture it as one vision of the newspaper of the future.
Imagine
1. EveryBlock expands to all of the US and, in time, all of the world (where there is a friendly government that permits it);
2. MS/Bing scrapes all geo-tagged web informaiton for use in EveryBlock so a reader has access to news and much more than the databases currently delivered;
3. EveryBlock enables user posting (citizen journalism). So neighbors can post (and comment on) restaurant reviews, hood happenings, school news, etc.
If MSNBC plays this right, EveryBlock could be the next big thing (a la Facebook, Craigslist, etc.) The engine and concept are that strong.
Check out Eric Zorn (as Danny)
Great that the Plain Dealer has found community. Eric Zorn from the Chicago Tribune has been engaging readers on his Tribune blog for five or so years already.
More on the story (as Danny)
A longer version of the story was in the Chicago Tribune today
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-buffalo-grove-web-fightoct14,0,4615421.story
(as Danny)
President Abdoulaye Wade == skank
Re: (as Danny)
Not just bloggers. Expect every premium AP story to be Twittered about immediately. You don't get the AP content, but you know it is happening - and someone else out there must be reporting it too.
or it could have been a win win (as Danny)
Or Linden Lab could have licensed use of the Mark to the wiki for a very nominal fee (say $1) and an explicit statement at the wiki that it is a licensed Mark.
Mark is protected from the generic argument, and a useful tool guiding people to use the LL product is encouraged.
This is easy to do, if done right (as Danny)
I developed a group process about 15 years ago for large group collaborative writing. I've taken a group of 12 people and led them through this process to write a 150 page book in less than a week.
I've tried to show this process to text publishers (in tech fields) thinking that getting a book to market faster would be a good thing. But it is so different than their standard way of thinking about author/editor/publisher relationships I haven't gotten anyone to bite off even attempting it.
It strikes me, though, that the wave of the future is multiple authored texts (can you say crowd sourcing?) produced over a short period of time.
Independent of this, of course, the wave of the future is a digital delivery mechanism that might even make continuous upgrading of content possible.
Even Archimedes had principles! (as Danny)
I am giving away $1,000,000 to a random reply to this comment. Oh, and you have to solve my math question correctly.
Question: trisect an angle using only a compass and straight edge, and prove your answer correct.
Re: Standard Procedure? (as Danny)
I had the same experience (list of names during jury selection) a few years ago. My father was disqualified once as my sister had dated one of the attorney's involved. [I asked my father which way that would have predisposed him; he didn't answer.]
class action? (as Danny)
I am not a lawyer, but it strikes me that all of the acts not in the top 200 would have a pretty strong class action suit against ASCAP and BMI. And if they pulled off that suit (without an early settlement) they would do some real damage to the current royalties structure.