Article VI This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every state shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
I think holding a trademark on an English word for 60 years is really pushing it. I really don't think monopolies should be held for that long, especially since the word existed before the game did. If they invented the word, I would have a little more sympathy.
That being said, they didn't call the game scrabble, they called it scrabulous. It's obvious to any idiot that it's not the same as scrabble, it's a play on the name. I think the argument of "trademark dilution" is a joke. You should get the word you trademark, you shouldn't get every single similar word, especially after 60+ years.
You know, there is a very odd attitude to copyright on Slashdot. We're not talking about patent trolling here, we are talking about a company which owns a trademark which is being infringed by another company. The infringement isn't even subtle, its a play on the very product they have adapted for online use. We aren't talking about a broad sue everyone who designs a word game attitude, we talking about defending a tradename - one which they are evidently in the process of cashing in on with EA.
And if Scrabble was invented 10 years ago instead of 60, I would actually care.
Fuck Hasbro and EA, they made money on Scrabble for 60 years. The game is not an original concept, the name is not even an original name.
By the way, if you want to get a few bucks over the $1.59 here's the formula:
1. Create content - You singing an original song or some software, whatever. 2. Wait until someone distributes it illegally. 3. Demand that ISPs use their shiny new content filtering to remove it, since they have that ability to block CP, they can block this. (They won't, you're too small) 4. Sue. 5. Profit. 6. Repeat.
There are several variations you can use for this, all of which will generate a settlement check.
So what it sounds like is, if you upgrade your PC, the only way you can lay your paws on your software that you purchased from EA is if you also pay "protection" money to them. And then only for two years. Swell, huh? Or burn the download to a CD, or save it to a thumb drive, or save to another partition on your HDD. It's the same digital river style 'download protection' that's been in use for the past 8 years, it's a backup for the lazy.
Having to play a character 24/7 because people are constantly calling you "Balkor" instead of "Billy," being part of a "quest" even when you're just going to 7-11, etc, would just serve to further blur the lines between fantasy and reality. BBS users in the 80's used handles for everything, including user meets, this isn't much different.
that is a blog-killer and forum-killer clause rolled into one, Just about every political blog or consumer website could be categorized as a "non-profit facilitation of unauthorized information exchange" That's overly broad and the first amendment would protect it.
If the first amendment gave you an unlimited right to repeat other people's speech without their permission, then the constitution would be self-contradictory, since it also explicitly gives Congress the power to create IP laws. Actually, the first amendment does give you a right to repeat other people's speech without their permission. It doesn't give you permission to copy their work. There's a difference between repeating and quoting what was said in a public forum and copying a work.
Could it be argued that encryption falls under free speech? A while ago, when strong encryption exports were not allowed, people got around them by printing the source code and selling a book with the code as one of the chapters.
It seems that OUR twitter is infected with a rare brain mold that only grows in Mom's basement. Don't blame him, pity him instead. The mold is slowly frying his synapses one by one. So, we need a name. Do we call it Stallman's disease, Linusitis, Ballmeria?
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Just like that? "Build a better network"? And how are you going to wire that "last mile" for everyone?
My modem still works, and as long as it does, I can create another (vastly slower, but still working) network.
okayed by people at EA. Meaning no dicks...or balls.
And if you toggle it the other way, you have EA management.
Replying to myself.
Article VI
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every state shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
Reid v. Covert explains how the Constitution supersedes international treaties ratified by the United States Senate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_v._Covert
IANAL either, but my understanding is that treaties can take precedence over the Constitution.
I always thought treaties become laws, but all laws have to work under the constitution. (That's why we have a supreme court)
Otherwise you could just wipe out the entire constitution without state ratification, and honestly, I don't think they would put up with it.
Sorry, it's still my opinion, I think co-opting real words for products and then getting limitless protection is stupid.
Now, what about the rest of my argument?
I think holding a trademark on an English word for 60 years is really pushing it. I really don't think monopolies should be held for that long, especially since the word existed before the game did. If they invented the word, I would have a little more sympathy.
That being said, they didn't call the game scrabble, they called it scrabulous. It's obvious to any idiot that it's not the same as scrabble, it's a play on the name. I think the argument of "trademark dilution" is a joke. You should get the word you trademark, you shouldn't get every single similar word, especially after 60+ years.
You know, there is a very odd attitude to copyright on Slashdot. We're not talking about patent trolling here, we are talking about a company which owns a trademark which is being infringed by another company. The infringement isn't even subtle, its a play on the very product they have adapted for online use. We aren't talking about a broad sue everyone who designs a word game attitude, we talking about defending a tradename - one which they are evidently in the process of cashing in on with EA.
And if Scrabble was invented 10 years ago instead of 60, I would actually care.
Fuck Hasbro and EA, they made money on Scrabble for 60 years. The game is not an original concept, the name is not even an original name.
Why would anyone in their right mind set up a Web/SQL platform using MS products?
Because you always use the best tool for the task at hand? And there are many situations where IIS and MS-SQL do a damn fine job.
To blindly use one OS or app just shows a lack of dicipline on the developer.
Now, for 10 bonus points, write that in Commodore 64 BASIC.
Mod parent down. Proper use of Internet protocols (except HTML) is frowned upon here.
Seriously, for some reason people don't like multicast, I really don't know why.
By the way, if you want to get a few bucks over the $1.59 here's the formula:
1. Create content - You singing an original song or some software, whatever.
2. Wait until someone distributes it illegally.
3. Demand that ISPs use their shiny new content filtering to remove it, since they have that ability to block CP, they can block this. (They won't, you're too small)
4. Sue.
5. Profit.
6. Repeat.
There are several variations you can use for this, all of which will generate a settlement check.
It's a PR job, pretty much everyone reading this knows that already.
The good news is that it will all eventually backfire and we'll all get a class action check for $1.59.
So I guess you are expecting that /.'ers are going to start sending email to that domain to try it out? I
No, but a spambot will, you insensitive clod.
The software firewall is the last line of defense. It's supposed to work with your hardware firewall, not as a replacement to it.
I'll pretty much say that you are right, there is no way that a car like that would work, you would need more energy from somewhere.
I always wondered if you could use solar panels to charge a battery system and split water into h2 and o2, kind of like a home fuel cell generator.
The first amendment comes to mind.
If it really is that broad, there's very little chance of it surviving a legal challenge.
Oh fuck you all for making me re-live the hell that was DOS memory managment.
Now I'm going to have those nightmares again.
Which has nothing to do with printed books.
Entertaining.
We can ask for a slashdot poll if we get enough.