You're applying common sense, not a wise practice when it comes to law. Especially not when it comes to "law" as practiced in the modern US. If a bunch of publishers get together and lobby aggressively I wouldn't be surprised if a court found that a sufficient degree of similarity existed, thereby violating copyright. And if the court didn't find it, well, Congress can amend the copyright law and I think the US Copyright Office can regulate matters a bit.
Not only don't toddlers have adult brains, they don't have brains at all. Speaking as the father of three, I can assure you that toddlers' heads are filled with bugs and dirt. Every time a bug digs another tunnel in the dirt, the kid runs off to do something new.
Don't ask what teenagers' skulls are filled with...
If a police officer pulls over a gun owner with a carry permit for a routine traffic stop, should he be allowed to disarm the gun owner? Why or why not?
Would "... for IDGers" pass muster? "IDG" is a trademark (see http://www.uspto.gov/, then poke around in the trademarks database), but does that trademark cover "IDGers"?
To be sure, it would piss them off, but would it be actionable?
Cem Kaner would also be a good person to bring in. He's a developer and a lawyer. He has web pages at http://www.kaner.com and http://www.badsoftware.com; the latter starts off with anti-UCITA information.
Several people have asked what Echelon is. It's a cooperative electronic snooping effort of the US, UK, and others. It's reportedly been used for industrial espionage at the expense of nations not in the select group. For more data than you probably want, go to http://jya.com/crypto.htm and click the "Echelon" link right at the top of the page.
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they don't have a leg to stand on.
You're applying common sense, not a wise practice when it comes to law. Especially not when it comes to "law" as practiced in the modern US. If a bunch of publishers get together and lobby aggressively I wouldn't be surprised if a court found that a sufficient degree of similarity existed, thereby violating copyright. And if the court didn't find it, well, Congress can amend the copyright law and I think the US Copyright Office can regulate matters a bit.
If I'd seen "High School Juniors Create Flavor Strips for Astronauts" in a Japanese news site, I'd have just known panties were involved.
Not only don't toddlers have adult brains, they don't have brains at all. Speaking as the father of three, I can assure you that toddlers' heads are filled with bugs and dirt. Every time a bug digs another tunnel in the dirt, the kid runs off to do something new.
Don't ask what teenagers' skulls are filled with...
You insensitive clod! All I wanted for Christmas was for Cthulhu to awaken and eat my boss. I didn't get it, and now you call Him a myth!
How do you say "ba ra so na me ka me te ra" in Sumerian?
(Yah, someone already got a Snow Crash joke in. But this is a different Snow Crash joke.)
500GB on one disk? Great! Now I can back up my porn on only two disks!
Ask him what Dilbert character he sees himself as.
From the article: One editor famously told Dr. Jahn that he would consider a paper "if you can telepathically communicate it to me."
Yah, that about covers it.
Only saving grace is, they relied on donations, so they weren't wasting money extorted from others, whether by taxes or by tuition.
Wanted: home for amorous robots
I want to put a crystal pyramid right over the magnetic pole, and rent it out to fuzzy-minded couples.
(Repost because I got my password wrong the first time.)
If a police officer pulls over a gun owner with a carry permit for a routine traffic stop, should he be allowed to disarm the gun owner? Why or why not?
The department (Human Resources) relies on staff professionalism to prevent misuse of the database. Doesn't that make you feel better?
Would "... for IDGers" pass muster? "IDG" is a trademark (see http://www.uspto.gov/, then poke around in the trademarks database), but does that trademark cover "IDGers"?
To be sure, it would piss them off, but would it be actionable?
Cem Kaner would also be a good person to bring in. He's a developer and a lawyer. He has web pages at http://www.kaner.com and http://www.badsoftware.com; the latter starts off with anti-UCITA information.
Several people have asked what Echelon is. It's a cooperative electronic snooping effort of the US, UK, and others. It's reportedly been used for industrial espionage at the expense of nations not in the select group. For more data than you probably want, go to http://jya.com/crypto.htm and click the "Echelon" link right at the top of the page.
Set a $ limit for combined hardware, OS, and software.