 Fluker
join:2005-04-07
West Lafayette, IN
1 edit | reply to Asmodeus
Re: So find them and swat them again Your advertising campaign example just kind of confuses me. Trademarks and copyright are fairly distinct and only somewhat similar.
When you abuse a trademark, you are decrementing the name of the company that stands behind it..
Branding encapsulated baking powder as Viagra is an example of your claim. I'm sure Pfizer would have a hard time maintaining the integrity of their advertisement established brand name if junk looked legit.
The form of infringement that I am referring to happens when individuals use information for greater benefit or enjoyment than the creator might like. Honestly now. When I picasa an entire book instead of buying the new edition, the book sits, unsold, on the shelf. Maybe the publisher is "deprived" of the sale, but they haven't lost their book either. Information wants to be free and technology is the key to opening up other channels of accessing knowledge.
one last bit..
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didn't your parents or whatever you can call parents that would claim you as their child, ever tell you that theft is wrong...?
Sounds like a personal attack to me.. We are debating whether what is happening is objectively wrong because it genuinely deprives artists. AND, the answer is both yes and no, not that Karl was poorly raised because he doesn't believe one or the other side to be precisely right. |
