Re:"Sorcerer's Stone" vs. "Philosopher's Stone"
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Review: Harry Potter
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The Scholastic (the U.S. publisher) editor recommended changing the title because it was too esoteric. Rowling herself apparently suggested Sorcerer as substitution for Philosopher.
When I went to college in the pre-internet era I was presented with ads in the school newspaper, on every telephone pole or other stapleable surface, on the college's radio station, and so on.
Now I regularly see ads in the alumni magazine (and still hear them on the radio station).
Schools and school organizations selling student eyeballs to subsidize education has a long history. It's rather disingenuous to think the tradition wouldn't be extended to the internet.
Interesting thing about the referenced article criticising campus pipeline is that the criticism focuses not on selling student eyeballs, but on schools not getting a big enough cut of the action beyond free software and integration.
Do you think if Fox owned the rights to the movie on DVD that they would let Lucas sit on it that long?
They would probably encourage Lucas to do just what he did. Quite frankly, this is beautifully executed marketing:
Release movie on VHS.
Sell lotsa copies
Have George say a DVD version's not on the radar (and have PR flaks say it's because he doesn't want to have DVD until he can create the quality extras that the DVD deserves).
Sell more copies (because, well, people who want the DVD will shell out $20 for the VHS now rather than possibly wait years for the DVD).
When VHS sales begin to slow, announce that DVD will acutally come out.
Release DVD in time for, oh, I don't know, maybe Christmas?
Because of the extras, price the DVD at something like $40-$50 (double the VHS, 50% more than the widescreen VHS, but still affordable to people who have $400 DVD players).
Sell lotsa DVDs (even to people who already purchased the VHS).
Re:What's wrong with giving TM holders first dibs?
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Master Of Your Domain
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Leaving out rights of free speech and other such tangents, it comes down to the concept of fairness and the level playing field which is the heart of that thing of connectedness we call the Internet. For example, I've never trademarked my family name. But that shouldn't mean that the Chase Manhattan Corporation, which has trademarked my family name (and long before my grandparents came to this country), has any more right to chase.org, chase.fam or chase.whatever than I do. Unfortunately, according to ICANN, Chase Manhattan apparently does have more rights to carving out its place on the internet than me.
I don't mind trademarks, and I'd even go so far as saying that Chase Manhattan has a better claim on chase.com than I do, they being a commercial entity with a trademark. They also have a better claim on chase.org than I do, simply because they registered it before I did. But their claim is no better than mine for using Chase with any future top level domain. I should not be precluded from the opportunity to register it first (and neither should they).
Patent rights, assuming the patent is eventually approved, can be claimed from the time patent is filed (in this case, 1995). Issuing of a patent is simply the formal verification that the filing is valid (ie. It's OK to sue once the patent is issued).
I believe palm's popularity exploded around 1997-1998 and it was first introduced around 1995/1996.
It's not what you don't know that hurts you, it's what you do know that ain't so. --Will Rogers
Personal privacy is *NOT* the same thing as proprietary corporate information
Actually, in the US, personal privacy is the same thing as proprietary corporate information. The purpose of incorporating a business is to create a legal entity distinct from any human. In the eyes of the law (at least theoretically) a corporation is entitled to pretty much the same rights (and is supposed to follow the same laws) as an individual.
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The Scholastic (the U.S. publisher) editor recommended changing the title because it was too esoteric. Rowling herself apparently suggested Sorcerer as substitution for Philosopher.
When I went to college in the pre-internet era I was presented with ads in the school newspaper, on every telephone pole or other stapleable surface, on the college's radio station, and so on. Now I regularly see ads in the alumni magazine (and still hear them on the radio station). Schools and school organizations selling student eyeballs to subsidize education has a long history. It's rather disingenuous to think the tradition wouldn't be extended to the internet. Interesting thing about the referenced article criticising campus pipeline is that the criticism focuses not on selling student eyeballs, but on schools not getting a big enough cut of the action beyond free software and integration.
"Anything you transmit or post may be sued by Apogee or its affiliates for any purpose..."
So don't include pictures of family friends or pets in your postings about Apogee!
They would probably encourage Lucas to do just what he did. Quite frankly, this is beautifully executed marketing:
I don't mind trademarks, and I'd even go so far as saying that Chase Manhattan has a better claim on chase.com than I do, they being a commercial entity with a trademark. They also have a better claim on chase.org than I do, simply because they registered it before I did. But their claim is no better than mine for using Chase with any future top level domain. I should not be precluded from the opportunity to register it first (and neither should they).
I believe palm's popularity exploded around 1997-1998 and it was first introduced around 1995/1996.
It's not what you don't know that hurts you, it's what you do know that ain't so.
--Will Rogers
Actually, in the US, personal privacy is the same thing as proprietary corporate information. The purpose of incorporating a business is to create a legal entity distinct from any human. In the eyes of the law (at least theoretically) a corporation is entitled to pretty much the same rights (and is supposed to follow the same laws) as an individual.