The thing with books is that most folks who can read and manipulate them. PDF is similar at this point, relatively ubiquitous and easier to use for most people.
DRM and copyright protect stuff, technology or data or ideas. Trademark, on the other hand protects a name, an identity.
Kleenex has not been the only brand of facial tissues for a very long time, the name is protected but not the concept. RedHat and CentOS, as already mentioned, are a perfect example of this working, the name RedHat is protected but the open source code is not.
Brand means more in some cases and than in others, as consumers and techies are at times very brand loyal. But when things become commodity items, consumers look less at brand than function, need, and appeal.
Those alarm tones are copyrighted and these birds are in violation of royalty agreements. Due to their lack of financial mean, redress will be targeted at the neighborhood associations that let this blatant abuse of intellectual property rights occur unabated.
To make sure they're not smokers themselves?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyWAFWOQbWw
And if they are, couldn't you buy them of with a pack a week not to rat you out?
Wow, now its out.
I just had a class project doing a usability test on a popular OpenID web site and EVERY professional web developer I observed had a hard to very had time with OpenID. Its a great idea, but is either flawed in design or badly implemented most places to date.
This has been proven over and over so many times, eventually someone in the courts should notice. SCO finally fell, unfortunately the RIAA has bigger war chests.
As the developer on the project, you have the best job of anyone, certainly better than marketing, sales, etc. No matter what the product name or version #, those folks can make it succeed or fail with many factors completely unrelated to the software or its quality. Let the pointy hairs worry about that stuff (or become an entrepreneur and control the whole sh-bang). Relish the fact that you get to build a cool new product!!!
It seems only fair that the senders of messages should be charged regardless of whether they are content providers or consumers. Why should a peer-to-peer twit be charged more than an ESPN score update?
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The thing with books is that most folks who can read and manipulate them. PDF is similar at this point, relatively ubiquitous and easier to use for most people.
DRM and copyright protect stuff, technology or data or ideas. Trademark, on the other hand protects a name, an identity.
Kleenex has not been the only brand of facial tissues for a very long time, the name is protected but not the concept. RedHat and CentOS, as already mentioned, are a perfect example of this working, the name RedHat is protected but the open source code is not.
Brand means more in some cases and than in others, as consumers and techies are at times very brand loyal. But when things become commodity items, consumers look less at brand than function, need, and appeal.
Dear Sir,
Those alarm tones are copyrighted and these birds are in violation of royalty agreements. Due to their lack of financial mean, redress will be targeted at the neighborhood associations that let this blatant abuse of intellectual property rights occur unabated.
We will be in touch shortly!
Sincerely,
CAIAA - Car Alarm Industry Artists Associations
To make sure they're not smokers themselves? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyWAFWOQbWw And if they are, couldn't you buy them of with a pack a week not to rat you out?
Wow, now its out. I just had a class project doing a usability test on a popular OpenID web site and EVERY professional web developer I observed had a hard to very had time with OpenID. Its a great idea, but is either flawed in design or badly implemented most places to date.
Yum, Kool-Aid!
... or all three in the case of most college students.
This has been proven over and over so many times, eventually someone in the courts should notice. SCO finally fell, unfortunately the RIAA has bigger war chests.
As the developer on the project, you have the best job of anyone, certainly better than marketing, sales, etc. No matter what the product name or version #, those folks can make it succeed or fail with many factors completely unrelated to the software or its quality. Let the pointy hairs worry about that stuff (or become an entrepreneur and control the whole sh-bang). Relish the fact that you get to build a cool new product!!!
It seems only fair that the senders of messages should be charged regardless of whether they are content providers or consumers. Why should a peer-to-peer twit be charged more than an ESPN score update?