Given this story and the Ellen DeGeneres story I'm starting to think that 'intellectual property owners' tend to see the world through glassed tinted by their own 'intellectual property.' That everywhere they look they only see the world as it relates to (and copies) their IP, and they are unable to see the IP of belonging to anyone else.
I've seen a big blue self serve DVD rental box from Blockbuster at a gas station. Has anyone else seen this? I wonder if they are under the same pressure from the studios.
Once you interact, share, socialized with content you don't want to go back to doing it 'the old way'. Just like once I got a Tivo I don't want to watch any video I can't pause, FF, RW, skip comm.
Even if we set aside the 1st Amendment issues (and that is a big IF), The rating boards compete (if even indirectly) with one another to build a better 'product.'
To collapses this into a single systems would remove incentives to compete for parents' dollars spent on their children's entertainment.
If the Prof didn't feel he had this 'copyright protection', wouldn't he have the incentive to create new assignments every year? Is this promoting progress?
Am I the only one who thinks that in the real world today that our employers expects/demands that I 'google' to find the answer to save time and not 'reinvent the wheel'. Maybe only internally to avoid legal IP issues.
I was going to add a lyric widget (based on lyricwiki) to my wife's blog where she talks (i.e. promotes) songs. Right now we fear posting lyrics because of this behavior.
It is very odd to talk about songs, but not mention their lyrics.
I'm going the agree that the Mark Twain quote was satire, and go one step further and say Mike inclusion of the quote as straight fact was also satire. Mike is a smart guy and is in on the joke.
Music does not mean plastic disc
News does not mean paper
Innovation does not mean patent
Writing does not mean book
Movie does not mean theater
Theater does not mean movie
Voice does not mean phone
Internet does not mean web
Web does not mean web page
Ad does not mean commercials
Computer does not mean PC
Mobile device does not mean phone
Video does not mean TV
TV does not mean cable
Cable does not mean TV
Art does not mean painting
Trademark does not mean property right
Organic does not mean healthy
Green does not mean good for the environment
'Own' and 'hold' are something you can do with a physical item. No one 'owns' a trademark. These terms imply you have some sort of right to them and what happens with them.
They are however 'responsible' for a trademark. They are responsible to prevent or correct any consumer confusion only IF there is any. If there is not consumer confusion then there is no action they need to take nor should they.
-Trademarks they are a responsibility not a right.
It makes since to have a 'buy American' requirement when you KNOW that the project will have no economic stimulus effect after it is bought/built. If this is the case then the 'project' is really just a gift to the provider, and that gift might as well stay in America if your ultimate goal is to stimulate the American Economy.
RSS
Twitter
Aggregate? (as johnjac)
Not really sure if this is technically Aggregation, but the idea is still valid. Give the viewers what they want.
Family Guy Live (as johnjac)
Crazy for a Animated show right?
http://animatedtv.about.com/od/gftriviaresources/a/fglive.htm
Re: Profits all around. (as johnjac)
Looking on Amazon, this looks like a plastic toy basically. Had they called this a toy and not a lamp they may have gotten away with it.
Disney Colored Glasses (as johnjac)
Given this story and the Ellen DeGeneres story I'm starting to think that 'intellectual property owners' tend to see the world through glassed tinted by their own 'intellectual property.' That everywhere they look they only see the world as it relates to (and copies) their IP, and they are unable to see the IP of belonging to anyone else.
Re: Er, one thing (as johnjac)
Here is an example for the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board.
http://www.oerb.com/ForEducators/tabid/58/Default.aspx
Deficit (as johnjac)
Why don't more people draw a line from the US deficit problem (due mainly to rising health care cost) and pharma and other health related patents?
Bluebox (as johnjac)
I've seen a big blue self serve DVD rental box from Blockbuster at a gas station. Has anyone else seen this? I wonder if they are under the same pressure from the studios.
Like going back to non-DVR tivo (as johnjac)
Once you interact, share, socialized with content you don't want to go back to doing it 'the old way'. Just like once I got a Tivo I don't want to watch any video I can't pause, FF, RW, skip comm.
It is Pandora's box
Monoploy problems here too (as johnjac)
Even if we set aside the 1st Amendment issues (and that is a big IF), The rating boards compete (if even indirectly) with one another to build a better 'product.'
To collapses this into a single systems would remove incentives to compete for parents' dollars spent on their children's entertainment.
Isn't this a disincentive to create new works (as johnjac)
If the Prof didn't feel he had this 'copyright protection', wouldn't he have the incentive to create new assignments every year? Is this promoting progress?
"Google the answers" (as johnjac)
Am I the only one who thinks that in the real world today that our employers expects/demands that I 'google' to find the answer to save time and not 'reinvent the wheel'. Maybe only internally to avoid legal IP issues.
Sad to see this go. (as johnjac)
I was going to add a lyric widget (based on lyricwiki) to my wife's blog where she talks (i.e. promotes) songs. Right now we fear posting lyrics because of this behavior.
It is very odd to talk about songs, but not mention their lyrics.
He wants his movies out of Redbox too (as Johnjac)
http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/08/fox-joins-universals-war-on-redboxs-dvd-rental-kiosks.ars
Someone needs to check and see if he has shorted News Corp. Stocks. ;)
Satire (as johnjac)
I'm going the agree that the Mark Twain quote was satire, and go one step further and say Mike inclusion of the quote as straight fact was also satire. Mike is a smart guy and is in on the joke.
What words don't mean (as johnjac)
Music does not mean plastic disc
News does not mean paper
Innovation does not mean patent
Writing does not mean book
Movie does not mean theater
Theater does not mean movie
Voice does not mean phone
Internet does not mean web
Web does not mean web page
Ad does not mean commercials
Computer does not mean PC
Mobile device does not mean phone
Video does not mean TV
TV does not mean cable
Cable does not mean TV
Art does not mean painting
Trademark does not mean property right
Organic does not mean healthy
Green does not mean good for the environment
Stop saying 'own' or 'hold' (as johnjac)
'Own' and 'hold' are something you can do with a physical item. No one 'owns' a trademark. These terms imply you have some sort of right to them and what happens with them.
They are however 'responsible' for a trademark. They are responsible to prevent or correct any consumer confusion only IF there is any. If there is not consumer confusion then there is no action they need to take nor should they.
-Trademarks they are a responsibility not a right.
1 case where it makes since to have 'buy American' requirements (as johnjac)
It makes since to have a 'buy American' requirement when you KNOW that the project will have no economic stimulus effect after it is bought/built. If this is the case then the 'project' is really just a gift to the provider, and that gift might as well stay in America if your ultimate goal is to stimulate the American Economy.
This is all said tongue in cheek, of course.
Also good "Economics in One Lesson" (as Read a book before)
http://jim.com/econ/contents.html
by Henry Hazlitt
Correction, that is a Rumsfeld quote (as TbaBin)
As you know, you go to war with the Army you have. They're not the Army you might want or wish to have at a later time.
Donald Rumsfeld
On another note,I would think Google and News Corp would help chip in the cost of the bandwidth. Good PR if you ask me.