____/ [H]omer on Saturday 20 October 2007 16:43 : \____
> Look, here's a link to a Robbie Williams video:
>
> <snip OFFENDING URL>
>
> Come on FACT, sue me. I dare you.
Several years ago, Sainsbury's forbade people from /LINKING/ to their site.
There are other forms of insanity that I can recall, but the list would be
long. How about this new one...?
(Mis)understandings of the words “intellectual property”
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| Then there’s the Lone Cypress, a tree along California’s famous 17-Mile
| Drive. It’s probably the most infamous example of someone trying to exert
| ridiculous intellectual property rights. They must’ve made it sound like a
| good idea, though, because it seems that the idea of copyrighting trees is
| catching on.
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http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/10/19/misunderstandings-of-the-words-%e2%80%9cintellectual-property%e2%80%9d/
Rant here:
http://beranger.org/index.php?page=diary&2007/10/20/08/33/04-intellectual-property-claims-are
Worth a quick read. It's short.
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