It doesn't necessarily matter if it is on similar products or not. There is such a thing as "trademark dilution" and featuring the Lego products in the porn pictures certainly qualifies.
Trademarks are certainly not protected by fair use. Fair use is an affirmative defense in copyright infringement cases, not trademark infringement cases. A company that registers a trademark must, by law, defend that trademark in court against all infringers it has knowledge of.
Clueless. Read this essay by Michael Hart, who founded Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg is all about ideals and idealism: making public domain works infinitely available for anyone who wants them for all time. Combating things like this is definitely falls within these ideals.
What we need is for someone to create a program, open source of course, where people can create text files of public domain works, submit said works and then those who have the program, can download those works they want and forever have access to them.
Perhaps that's more of a commentary on just how terrible the music industry has gotten since the Beatles released the White Album (the previous biggest selling album ever) than any actual impact Michael Jackson had on the world. Then again, I guess you or the previous poster ever actually he had a positive impact, did you?;)
Obviously the current young generation has no idea the impact MJ had on the world.
Like what? The Moonwalk? Popularizing the wearing of a single white sequined glove and red multi-zippered leather jackets? A resurgence in the popularity of Vincent Price? Making Quincy Jones even more richer and more obnoxious than he already was? Giving Eddie Van Halen bragging rights for the one of the longest running #1 songs ever?
Thing is that cows are carbon neutral. And carbon methane only has a half-life in the atmosphere of about 7 years, so the whole "carbon methane is more damaging than CO2" stuff is just complete nonsense.
The real question we need to ask ourselves is this:
Why is that we seem to have such a hard time divorcing the science from the politics and pseudoscience? I'm not one of those "global warming is BS" freaks, but as someone concerened about pollution and the effects of human activities on the ecosphere, I wish we would focus more on science and less on politics.
Attention grammar nazis: In case you're not from the U.S., or don't have one located near you, "Eat Mor Chikin" is an advertising slogan used by Chick-Fil-A, a chain of quick-service restaurants that specialize in chicken sandwiches, in their advertising and commercials, which feature cows, who, of course, can't spell.
it's a public place where anyone can see what is going on at any point in time. there is no infringement of privacy if this is a public area, and with cameras being visible, there is no deception in the intent.
Actually, I have to agree, but I also think that the camera feeds should be made public. Absolutely public. Publish them on the Web, local cable, anywhere people can get to them. The more people watching, the better.
And many other phones in fact. But that doesn't matter. Because it's all about the USER EXPERIENCE! Features, specification, blah. Those mean nothing without the User Experience(tm). And only the iPhone has this User Experience()tm)! Amorphous and nebulous as it might sound, that's the response you're likely to get.
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It doesn't necessarily matter if it is on similar products or not. There is such a thing as "trademark dilution" and featuring the Lego products in the porn pictures certainly qualifies.
Trademarks are certainly not protected by fair use. Fair use is an affirmative defense in copyright infringement cases, not trademark infringement cases. A company that registers a trademark must, by law, defend that trademark in court against all infringers it has knowledge of.
Are you seriously suggesting that freelegoporn.com was NOT intended to be a money-making venture?
Parody doesn't protect the clearly illegal use of Lego's trademarked name.in the domain name.
Clueless. Read this essay by Michael Hart, who founded Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg is all about ideals and idealism: making public domain works infinitely available for anyone who wants them for all time. Combating things like this is definitely falls within these ideals.
What we need is for someone to create a program, open source of course, where people can create text files of public domain works, submit said works and then those who have the program, can download those works they want and forever have access to them.
Too bad no one's ever thought of that.
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The person who invented the modern toilet improved our life but who remembers that?
Evidently everyone who has ever used the terms 'crapper' or 'crap'.
yeah - "he touched a lot of people"
Most of them little boys.
One of the biggest musicians ever? Also true.
Perhaps that's more of a commentary on just how terrible the music industry has gotten since the Beatles released the White Album (the previous biggest selling album ever) than any actual impact Michael Jackson had on the world. Then again, I guess you or the previous poster ever actually he had a positive impact, did you? ;)
Obviously the current young generation has no idea the impact MJ had on the world.
Like what? The Moonwalk? Popularizing the wearing of a single white sequined glove and red multi-zippered leather jackets? A resurgence in the popularity of Vincent Price? Making Quincy Jones even more richer and more obnoxious than he already was? Giving Eddie Van Halen bragging rights for the one of the longest running #1 songs ever?
Thing is that cows are carbon neutral. And carbon methane only has a half-life in the atmosphere of about 7 years, so the whole "carbon methane is more damaging than CO2" stuff is just complete nonsense.
The real question we need to ask ourselves is this:
Why is that we seem to have such a hard time divorcing the science from the politics and pseudoscience? I'm not one of those "global warming is BS" freaks, but as someone concerened about pollution and the effects of human activities on the ecosphere, I wish we would focus more on science and less on politics.
Attention grammar nazis: In case you're not from the U.S., or don't have one located near you, "Eat Mor Chikin" is an advertising slogan used by Chick-Fil-A, a chain of quick-service restaurants that specialize in chicken sandwiches, in their advertising and commercials, which feature cows, who, of course, can't spell.
or the thing that should not be mentioned (but starts with a "U")?
Pssst. How come we're not mentioning the thing that start with a "U"? O_o I mean, it's not like they'll kill us for saying U
People from Michigan come here to go on vacation. :-P
No. I think Newton was right Leibnitz plagiarized Newton.
Germans did not invent calculus. See Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Sir Isaac Newton.
I think they got started by providing IT consulting to GM.
No, they didn't. Prior to about 2004, they had a sole source of IT consulting going back to the 1980s: EDS.
So, how's the weather up there in Detroit?
makes Detroit look like Paris Hilton.
TFIFY. You left a word out of that sentence.
Yes, yes it is. That's why I live in Tampa now. :)
Between the parent post and the grandparent, I'll give you all ONE GUESS which poster is getting laid by his wife tonight. :-D
Yeah, we should only allow company executives and rich investors to take vast amounts of money through share price manipulation.
Not to worry. If there are three things we have in abundance, it's rope, lamp posts and gasoline.
it's a public place where anyone can see what is going on at any point in time. there is no infringement of privacy if this is a public area, and with cameras being visible, there is no deception in the intent.
Actually, I have to agree, but I also think that the camera feeds should be made public. Absolutely public. Publish them on the Web, local cable, anywhere people can get to them. The more people watching, the better.
Hell yeah. I would watch that. Bound to be more entertaining than "American Idol."
...and other mobile phones.
And many other phones in fact. But that doesn't matter. Because it's all about the USER EXPERIENCE! Features, specification, blah. Those mean nothing without the User Experience(tm). And only the iPhone has this User Experience()tm)! Amorphous and nebulous as it might sound, that's the response you're likely to get.