Posts by Ross K

Re: Natutrally

use of the word Champagne is protected under EU law ONLY for things related to Booze and the region from which it originates.

Wrong.

Ugg. They claim the rights to the initials NSA? Really... Really? Bloody hell...

Yeah, acronyms can be used as trademarks.

The Nantucket Shellfish Association, the National Scrapbooking Association or the National Society of Accountants might have something to say about that...

In the online dating world, NSA also means 'no strings attached'. So there.

Aside form the trademark issue, you could argue that this is parody or satire and, as such, is fair use. It's not like these guys are making fake IDs, is it?

Re: Wrong target?

So why are they not dragging Lessing into court and not the ones doing the fan based videos of the song? More importantly how the heck did this ever get to court in the first place? This one should take 5 minutes to move to dismiss and hopefully the judge will toss it out and fine the plaintiffs for a nuisance lawsuit.

DCMA takedown notice ≠ legal action.

Lessig and the EFF are taking a case to court to argue that Lessig's use of the copyrighted material was "fair use" - that's all.

If the court agrees with them, they can reinstate the video clip in question on Youtube and tell Liberation Records to fuck off and do one.

It's far from being a nuisance lawsuit.

Re: PAY UP!!!

Funny how no one is looking at her and saying, "Why don't you pay up dummy????"

You sir are a dick.

There are all kinds of reasons why someone defaults on a loan. Not all of them involve a person being reckless or neglectful

I hope you never fall on hard times and experience debt collection first hand.

Re: As they should

Weak troll attempt, asshole

Re: Don't Hate The Player, Hate The Game

Fiat currencies only fulfil the first two of those three.

Why don't you phone the European Central Bank and tell someone who gives a crap?

Re: For all their combined spying powers

Yeah, yeah. Gotta keep the proles living in fear of imminent attack so the money keeps flowing to Oracle, SAIC, Lockheed, Boeing and every other pig with a snout in the trough...

I haven't read so much bullshit since I read Larry Ellison's comments in the main article.

@Corinne

The insurance company could probably have another cause for refusing to pay out - trading virtual WOW items/gold for real life money is against the T&Cs for WOW

I think that violating WoW T&Cs are the least of her worries.

If she hasn't declared the $75k to the tax authorities yet, she'll need to soon.

I don't think the taxman would go for the "Sorry I can't pay you what I owe. My gold bullion was stolen..."

Maybe she'll learn a valuable lesson - keep your gold in a bank vault, not in your house.

Re: Firefox WTF?

The latest?

Would a version number like 6.1.298a be any better to give a people clue? We like it or not, them things will be updated continuously if we are to be kept (relatively) safe(ish).

The fact that the Firefox version number changes every three weeks doesn't mean anything to anybody.

Newsflash: 99% of people aren't diehard nerds like you. They barely know what browser they're using, never mind what version it is... People still use IE6 FFS.

Re: @ Ross K

Well thanks for the downvote; I deserved it.

You sure did.

And deleting your post to cover your tracks after it backfired on you? Lame...

Re: Meanwhile, if we are going to take on religion ...

Re: proof God exists... it's a bit like asking me for proof my MOTHER exists. Show you her passport - could be FAKE. Show you a photo - Someone else's mother! The only thing I can do is appeal to logic that I MUST have had a mother (unless I was created from dust) because everyone has a mother.

The only thing you could do is appeal to logic? Not really.

A simple DNA test would prove that you are your mother's offspring.

But in short you're telling me there's no proof that one or any God exists - I'm simply expected to let logic wash over me?