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Cynical but it could work with a jury drawn from the right sort of community.



I hate to say it, but Utah is the one of these sorts of communities (I live there). The local
media hasn't exactly been on IBM's side. I think that joe sixpack jury man would see this as the little guy getting stepped on.

KSL-TV has posted a new article: Utah Software Company Suing IBM
It is slightly SCO biased, and rather shallow. What else do we expect?

Here is KSL-TV's search page. I don't this SCO subpoena article in the search results yet.
KSL-TV even has a side bar of /. articles.

People are leaving the United States out of disgust and fear.

According to who? Show me some proof that a significant number of people are leaving the US, and that those people are leaving out of "disgust and fear", and that this number is higher now than in the past. I call bullcrap.

Comparisons are being made to pre-war Germany.

Who is making these comparisons? If you believe that, it would benefit you to open up some WWII history books.

The draft commission is coming back online.

No its not.

Suddenly religion is leaking into the government

Bullcrap. The 9th Circuit just ruled this year that the words "under God" in the pledge were unconstitutional. They just remove a 10 Commandments monument from a courthouse in Alabama. Most people in this country, including members of the government and our current President, have always been and will always be religious. There is nothing wrong with that.

like blood out of a bullet-riddled Iraqi

I find it interesting that you are more negative about the US presence in Iraq than the Iraqi's themselves are.

and even more horrifically, most people seem to think that's okay.

Whats not okay? That our current President doesn't hide the fact that he believes in God? Would you like it better if we outlawed all public expressions of faith? Yeah- that sounds great.

And despite vast technological superiority over all enemy nations, the U.S. continues to ramp up weapons development.

And I wouldn't have it any other way. If we relax, it won't take long before somebody gains an advantage.

Something is deeply wrong in the U.S.

Yes. Right now we have 10 democrat presidential candidates that are so blinded by hatred and partisanship that the are hoping our economy gets worse and we fail in Iraq. Why? Because then they have a better chance at winning an election. They have set themselves up so they will succeed only when America fails. We also have a media that, for whatever reason, seems unwilling to report our successes in Iraq. Do you think that is helping?

Let's wait until the verdict is handed down against SCO.

-cp-

This is an interesting side note on some massive MS document destruction, and Cringely's latest posits the spectre of Windex. We have all been cursed to live in interesting times...

A much better idea: make fake fan sites where the title, summary, and url look real, so anyone searching will have trouble finding the "artist's" page. Get together with a bunch of people and link the pages together, so Google will give the fake sites high PageRanks. Let's see Britney fans find her page. We can play the spamming game too.

But then you can get to the problems of dilution of trademark and trademark infringement

So you're saying we can't even put up webpages about them? Haven't you heard of freedom of speech?

Yes, a web page that attempts to confuse a file 'madonnas-greatest-hits.mp3' with some actual recording would breaking the law. See bitlaw's definition of trademark dilution to see more. Note "There is no need to prove a likelihood of confusion, nor is there any need to show competition between the goods of the plaintiff and the defendant." Then it lists the two classes as:

• "Blurring", by which the connection in consumers' minds between the plaintiff's mark and the plaintiff's goods or services is weakened; or
• "Tarnishment", which means that the defendant's use is unsavory or unwholesome, or the mark is used in connection with inferior products."

What you describe could be prosecuted as blurring. Where you *might* be able to defend yourself is the clause about being a non-commercial web site, but a careful reading of the law could show that because it is intentional, you are not exempt. In either case, it wouldn't be a good thing.

...make fake fan sites...

You could be responsible also for civil or criminal libel, civil or criminal defamation, slander...

When did I say to tell lies about them?

By intentionally deceiving customers, you are lying. But you are right in that if you only post facts that you can prove, those particular laws wouldn't be a problem.

...IP theft, or illigal use of copyrighted material.

When did I even come close to mentioning violating their copyrights? Do you even know what a copyright is?

IP theft by improper use of their trade name. illigal use of copyrighted material in a 'fake fan site', since most fan sites include some (fairly used) copyrighted materials, such as logos, pictures, etc. And yes, I am very familiar with what a copyright is and how they function, as I have taken classes on copyright and IP law.

trademarks like RIAA and IUMA are owned by their respective owners

So according to you, you are breaking the law here?

No, stating ownership of identifying marks, attribution, and citations are not considered unlawful.

I think you interpet the law too broadly. Next you'll be saying it's jaywalking if I walk across my driveway.

Nope, on two counts.

First, your driveway is private property, although the courts may still have something to say. (The Supreme Court is expected to take up the issue of a Salt Lake City, Utah private property restriction that has been an issue for many groups, including: churches such as the Seventh-day Adventists, the Colorado Catholic Conference, the Islamic Society of Colorado Springs and the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, casinos like the Venetian Casino Resort, city groups like The National League of Cities, the International Municipal Lawyers Association and the National Association of Counties, states who are enjoining the Supreme Court to take up the matter, including Alabama, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas and West Virginia, and other plazas such as the Lincoln Center)

Second, your driveway probably doesn't have traffic control signals or a crosswalk. From what I have read online whi

I live in an area of the world where every broadcaster trys to get their start and so the Telecasts are un professional, and boring. (10 minutes about a cat stuck in a tree) And All HDTV would allow me to do is see their faces more, and I try not to.

And People wonder why I watch the Cable News Networks and not the local news.

Those are my thoughts, I spend enough money already on electronics, and Computers that SWMBO "She who must be obeyed" Would be royally pissed if i came home with an HDTV when we watch less than 5 hours of TV a week. Serves no point for me, but hey if they offer it In your town/state/city , go for shit.

I'm assuming that you are excluding Hollywood of course.

As for the article... eeeyu! A bug big enough to feed a coyote, that's a bit much. They ought to have leash laws for these crickets. Imagine if they grew into large populations like mormom crickets?