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Started by Rhapsody, July 13, 2009, 04:29:01 PM

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Wasn't sure where else to put this, and it has the possibility of getting heated, so here it goes.

http://failblog.org/2009/07/13/omg-u-fail-so-hard/

A bit of a childish response, but really... fair use is fair use, is it not?
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People have been getting really riddiculous about that lately.  There's been some issue with Yahoo groups getting in trouble with sharing articles and knitting patterns.

From what I understand, it's only copyright infringement if you're using the thing in question to make a profit.  I didn't see any profit being made.  What it looks like is the company was embarrassed and used legal bullshit scare tactics to get the thing removed.   

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Agreed.  Lawyers and courts have entirely too much power in America.  We're well on our way to becoming a kritocracy.

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Quote from: Rhapsody on July 13, 2009, 04:29:01 PM
Wasn't sure where else to put this, and it has the possibility of getting heated, so here it goes.

http://failblog.org/2009/07/13/omg-u-fail-so-hard/

A bit of a childish response, but really... fair use is fair use, is it not?

Well, not really. They have to actively protect their trademark in order to avoid dilution and a term becoming 'generic'.  Think: Escalator (it was orginally a trademark of Otis). 

So no, "fair use" doesn't apply in the realm of trademarks like it does copyright.  Copyright does not protect marks, it protects expressions of ideas.
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Also, it looks like they are protesting the use of the 'Star and pedestal', not the use of the term 'record breaking'.  While the term 'record breaking' could apply to any place that keeps records, the 'star and pedestal' mark refers specifically to the Guinness World Records.
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Quote from: Oniya on July 15, 2009, 09:52:11 AM
Also, it looks like they are protesting the use of the 'Star and pedestal', not the use of the term 'record breaking'.  While the term 'record breaking' could apply to any place that keeps records, the 'star and pedestal' mark refers specifically to the Guinness World Records.

Exactly.
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