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Developer Seems To Think Trademark On 'Army Builder' Means No One Can Use It In Conversation
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| But apparently Lone Wolf has been sending
| out cease-and-desists to websites that have
| nothing to do with Lone Wolf's Army Builder,
| and demanding that the phrase be blocked in
| forums on totally different subjects. Yes,
| they're saying that no one can use the term
| in conversation
|
| [...]
|
| Update: As pointed out in the comments --
| and in a friendly email from Lone Wolf's
| lawyers -- Lone Wolf has backed down a bit
| and sorta, but not really, apologized. The
| guy claims that he's not a lawyer (though,
| whoever emailed us said they were a lawyer
| representing the company), and didn't quite
| realize what he was doing (and it showed).
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100205/0129478063.shtml
Summit Entertainment Sues, Saying Only It Can Make A Documentary About How 'Twilight' Impacted Forks, WA
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| As for the copyright claim, again, that
| seems rather weak, as it seems to focus on
| still images. There may be an issue with the
| unauthorized documentary makers originally
| using a cover that was similar to the
| original cover pitched by Heckelsville, but
| even then, the makers of the unauthorized
| documentary have already agreed to change
| the cover to make it different.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100211/0259088131.shtml
Your Rights Online: Australian Judge Rules Facts Cannot Be Copyrighted
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| nfarrell writes "Last week, an Australian
| Judge ruled that copyright laws do not apply
| to collections of facts, regardless of the
| amount of effort that was spent collecting
| them. In this case, the case surrounded the
| reproduction of entries from the White and
| Yellow Pages, but the ruling referred to a
| previous case involving IceTV, which
| republishes TV guides. Does this mean that
| other databases of facts, such as financial
| data, are also legally able to be copied and
| redistributed?" Here are analyses from a
| former legal adviser to the directory
| publisher which prevailed as the defendant
| in this case, and from Smart Company.
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http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/02/14/0857256/Australian-Judge-Rules-Facts-Cannot-Be-Copyrighted
Telstra loses copyright case over Yellow Pages and White Pages
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| ANYONE can now copy and reuse listings in
| the Yellow Pages and White Pages, after a
| court ruled they are not protected by
| copyright.
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http://www.news.com.au/business/telstra-loses-copyright-case-over-yellow-pages-and-white-pages/story-e6frfm1i-1225829707028
Australian Court Says You Can't Copyright Facts; Phone Books Not Protected
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| There are some places that do allow
| copyrights on aggregated facts, but a
| growing body of research has found that such
| "database rights" or copyrights on
| aggregated facts tends to hinder innovation
| rather than encourage it -- and if the
| purpose of copyright law is to create
| incentives for new works and for innovation,
| allowing copyrights on collections of
| factual information is a bad idea. So,
| congrats to Australia on another good
| copyright ruling.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100212/0220428141.shtml
Recent:
The ACTA Guide, Part One: The Talks To-Date
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| The 7th round of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade
| Agreement negotiations begins tomorrow in
| Guadalajara, Mexico. The negotiation round
| will be the longest to-date, with three and
| a half days planned to address civil
| enforcement, border measures, the Internet
| provisions, and (one hour for)
| transparency. Over the next five days, I
| plan to post a five-part ACTA Guide that
| will include sourcing for much of the
| discussion on ACTA, links to all the leaked
| documents, information on the transparency
| issue, and a look at who has been speaking
| out.
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http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4725/125/
Oz gov suggests world's worst copyright protection scheme
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| In their submission, Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) have expressed
| concern that "the proposed legislation provides a very broad exception to the
| prohibition on interception of network communications for the purposes of
| ensuring that a network is "appropriately used"".
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/14/australia_copyright_scheme/
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