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Retailers Swing DMCA To Stop "Black Friday" Sale Info

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wham-wham-wham dept.

zoid.com writes "It looks like a few of the big retailers have sent out DMCA notices to a few of the consumer deal sites. So now they are claiming that sale prices are covered under the DMCA. I would like to know what part of the DMCA states that you can not share the price of merchandise. Also, why would they want to stop this free advertising?"

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  1. Copyrighting Prices by program21 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It seems that prices are copyrighted. It's just a matter of time before someone like Walmart sues anyone whose prices end in .99.

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    1. Re:Copyrighting Prices by ryochiji · · Score: 4, Funny

      How 'bout "2 cents"? Is that copyrighted?

      Just my 2 cents...do'h!

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  2. Sorry by JohnHegarty · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I would like to know what part of the DMCA states that you can not share the price of merchandise. "

    Sorry , I would show you but that would volatile the DMCA....

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    1. Re:Sorry by Loki_1929 · · Score: 5, Funny

      "Sorry , I would show you but that would volatile the DMCA...."

      Sounds like Fight Club...

      "The first rule of DMCA is you do not talk about DMCA.
      The Second rule of DMCA is you do not talk about..."

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  3. Volatile the DCMA by abulafia · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sorry , I would show you but that would volatile the DMCA....

    Hey, I'm all for it!

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  4. Dear Sir, by shortbus+mutiny · · Score: 5, Funny

    We regret to inform you, that on the course of our investigations we noticed that you were using the number "49.95" on your website. As you well now by now, this is also the price of the new exciting action game, "School Shooting 2". Our sales prices are our intellectual property and thus protected by the DMCA. We request that you remove all references to our sale price from your website and send a reply stating that you have done so. You may however, change the number to 49.96, as we have nothing for sale at that price. You may not use the number 49.94 however, as that is the new sale price for the game "Sweatshop Tycoon". We look forward to your compliance, and don't think about posting this letter to the web, as it's copyrighted and protected under the DMCA as well.

  5. Re:Black Friday by revery · · Score: 4, Funny

    This was of course stolen from some random search on google.

    He got pretty lucky then. This is all I get when I do random searches on google.

    Your search - SH0qX+q9sQ78KPkA - did not match any documents.
    No pages were found containing "sh0qx".

    Your search - VF#8=KaYJBJTQ6fijfdC4MF+cpXAQe3nj2jk+0#K - did not match any documents.
    No pages were found containing "kayjbjtq6fijfdc4mf".

  6. Re:Yet another reason... by mr_z_beeblebrox · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just be prepaired for the worst voice recognition program ever....

    /.ing it probably doesn't help

  7. Re:Yet another reason... by 4of12 · · Score: 4, Funny

    For that matter, please show me the copyright notice on a sales price.

    In a jiffy:

    "This Slashdot posting has a price of $0.02" Copyright (c) 2002 by 4of12. Reproduction without prior permission is prohibited. The FBI investigates felonies like the one you're contemplating and will whack you with a $250,000 fine. Fortunately for me, the penal code is not copyrighted, so I can tell you exactly how badly you're going to get whacked without violating any copyright on the $250,000 price for unauthorized viewing.

    I agree it's ridiculous. It sure doesn't bode well for a free and informed marketplace that is purported to be a cornerstone of capitalism. It points to yet another misconception upon which the DMCA was based. I hope the DMCA is eventually just flushed entirely.

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  8. Jesus by tswinzig · · Score: 4, Funny

    You guys slashdotted Ron.

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  9. Re:Please no more calls to Ron by The+Cydonian · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lemme guess, he now wants to use the DMCA to remove his phone number from /.?

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