User: wixi

re trademark

On: Open Source Business Model Using Software Patents

is "copyleft" trademarked? what if an organized group confused the public as to the meaning of "copyleft"?.. trademarks are about reputation, which may be less of a product and more of an ongoing process.. less of a noun and more of a verb.. trademarks currently are strongest when they modify nouns, ie this is a google(tm) version of search.. for example, the act of xeroxing (verb) dilutes the xerox(tm) copyright.. google lawyers fret about verbal use of "to google" this or that.. for example, google "barlow+economy+ideas".. so is trademark as sick as copyright and patent? do trademarks need to go verbal to deal with info processes? how do you wanna change trademark?

something like that..

On: Open Source Business Model Using Software Patents

http://twext.com/patent is trying this strategy.. i'm not sure it's a "software" patent, the claims are more about A.) a way to format text for language learners and B.) a method to array text so software can easily format the text..

• http://olpcnews.com/content/localization/learning_language.html
• http://wiki.laptop.org/go/WiXi

the patent makes me feel slightly safer to share the idea.. the open license gives me B.) hope to develop the software (IANAL nor programmer) and A.) a free way to promote "free" uses of the software and resulting texts.. free promotion of the tool wants to cause commercial usage from which i hope to earn back my investment and then invest in something good.. evil?

effect on any potential market that may exist?

On: What is Fair Use in the Digital Age?

snip from older version of wikipedia Fair_use article:

Another important fair use factor is whether your use deprives the copyright owner of income or undermines a new or potential market for the copyrighted work. As we indicated previously, depriving a copyright owner of income is very likely to trigger a lawsuit. This is true even if you are not competing directly with the original work. For example, in one case an artist used a copyrighted photograph without permission as the basis for wood sculptures, copying all of the elements of the photo. The artist earned several hundred thousand dollars selling the sculptures. When the photographer sued, the artist claimed his sculptures were a fair use because the photographer would never have considered making sculptures. The court disagreed, stating that it did not matter whether the photographer had considered making sculptures; what mattered was that a potential market for sculptures of the photograph existed. ( Rogers v. Koons, 960 F.2d 301 (2d Cir. 1992).)

so copyright owners already own any transformative use they haven't even imagined, considered, or worked hard to deliver? any value we prove to add to their property, no matter the sweat on our brow, is now their property? doesn't sound too fair..

ot: fair use in sweden? elsewhere?

On: Legalize File Sharing, Say Swedish MPs

off topic: anyone know of any country w/ liberal interpretation of fair use? basically i wanna test a product that uses tiny little excerpts of music, lyrics reassembled to teach (natural) language.. they're telling if i try it here in mexico i go to jail (worse than usa).. the excerpts are tiny (less that 10%); the use is transformative; the purpose is educational.. whateva.. i need to test this thing commercially but where on earth is there liberal fair use?

are there countries where they'll cream you for even thinking about a new fair use?
* mexico (copyright violation rates with violent crime now)

are there countries with liberal interpretation of fair use? guesses:
* sweden ?
* nederlands ?
* brazil ?
* venezuela?

see a real live caging list

On: Not All the DOJ Missing Emails Are Missing

some found lost emails: search Caging-1.xls already scooped here.. Karl Rove's caging guy, Tim Griffin, replaced of one of the fired U.S. Attorneys.. it's gonna be a painful 600 days for the Republicans.. the Dems are smart not to impeach, even though that's what the country (and world) really needs..

Re:Wordstrobe: MARS - Vortex LINKS

On: Scientists Offer New Way to Read Online Text

thanks for reminder.. quick search finds latest version circa 1996.. apparently there was no reverse switch.. imagine not being able to re-read what you just read again..

last nanosecond idea: mediawixi

On: Summer of Code Student Application Deadline Looms

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2007 /proposals#WiXi
will turn wikipedia (and mediawiki sites) into a useful language
learning interface a.) people can use to teach/learn language and
b.) machines can use to improve statistical machine translation

multilingualize OLPC for SOC

On: Summer of Code Student Applications Now Open

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/WiXi

semi-ot plug flagrante

On: Google Summer of Code Program Overhauled

SOC 2007 idea for OLPC http://wiki.laptop.org/go/wixi.. wixi is a wiki-based multilingual language learning interface.. can work w/ OLPC, MediaWiki, OmegaWiki, etc.. looking for CS students to apply.. win $4500 and a billion users.. SUERTE!

SOC 2007idea for multilingual OLPC

On: Google Launches Summer of Code 2007

plug: if you know any CS students looking for an idea to win Google SOC 2007, check out a multilingual wiki app for the OLPC: http:/wiki.laptop.org/go/WiXi .. project has OLPC approval if student provides qualified mentor.. languages: python, javascript..