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> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
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>> Obama should sue AP for 'stealing' his face.
>
> *Exactly*. This is why the concept of "Intellectual Property" is utter
> nonsense. How can someone "own" other people's perceptions?
>
> This reminds me of something I read about last year's London marathon
> (on the BBC iPlayer forum, IIRC). Apparently the organisers declared
> that they "owned" the event, and therefore any photographs or videos of
> that event were their "Intellectual Property". I posed the question: How
> can a private company legitimately claim "ownership" of a public space
> (central London), and subsequently the perceptions (in either tangible
> or intangible form) of those who observe events in that public space?
>
> What next ... is the MSBBC going to declare that they "own" Christmas,
> and therefore anyone who celebrates that event must pay them royalties?
>
> Commercialism is a disease.
Fashionable consumption... of life.
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~~ Best of wishes
Roy S. Schestowitz | McDonald's does to diet what Microsoft does to PC's
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