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Sunday, November 04, 2007


Weird E-mail

I recently got this strange e-mail from a person who wanted me to do the dirty work for them. What is this dirty work? To serve a copyright infringement notice on somebody I had linked to for using their supposedly copyrighted internet username. And what sort of username is this? Made of common words to be sure, like "Summer Sun" or "Mad Biker" or "Funny Bunny". Well, whatever the name, I say screw that. If John Smith could copyright his name, there would be a kazillion frivolous lawsuits filling up an already overburdened court system.


[posted by S. Y. Affolee on 5:38 PM : ]



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It wouldn't matter a whole lot. Names, titles, or short phrases, no matter how novel, are not protected by copyright.
 
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