Michael- ROFL -Ben > For that matter, Apple sued M$ over look and feel concerns for their > operating system. I know that about five years ago, that case had not been > settled but had been going on for over a decade. > > Without starting up any talk about monopoloies... > > What this Adobe ruling sets the presecedent for is Amalgamated Plastic > Products, developers of the first trapezoidal round edged plastic trashcan > (TREP), to finally go after M$ for infringing on its copyright with the use > of the 'Trash Can' featured prominently on the desktop of each Windows > installation. Often, I find myself wondering when APP is going to try to > enforce its copyright and patent protection, where windows clearly > replicates the look and feel of their product through the use of the desktop > interface. > > Being able to drop documents into the 'Trash Can' directly simulates the > distinctive look and feel of TREP without even giving credit to the > manufacturer for having developed the idea in the first place. The TREP > interface, which it is non-mechanical and requires no electricity, is > clearly a valuable idea possessing worth in the marketplace and, by using it > without paying royalties to the patent holder, Windows is causing damages in > that the TREP interface COULD BE utilized to perform similar functions to > its use in Windows. One case where this is true is in the disposal of files. > As computers often possess a connection to a printer either locally or via a > network, users COULD BE using TREP to dispose of files manually instead of > within the Windows product. > > These are the reasons for intellectual property laws, in that they keep > other companies from profiting from the work of the original patent holders. > > M > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Painter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 10:18 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: F*** Adobe > > > I agree. Didn't Lotus/IBM take microsoft to court some years back because > of the similarities between Lotus 1-2-3 and excel? Can't remember what came > out of that. > > Tim P> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Haggerty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 10:05 AM > Subject: RE: F*** Adobe > > > > HMMM.... considering the two companies have so many competitive products, > > including Illustrator / Freehand, LiveMotion / Flash (for that matter > > Illustrator / Flash), and GoLive / Dreamweaver, it is understandable that > > Adobe would not want MM making products that look like theirs. > > > > In all likelyhood no one was 'hurt' by the similarities in the interfaces. > I > > am just not certain anyone should be able to patent an interface, it seems > > like that is taking intellectual property to a new extreme. > > > > M > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 9:37 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: F*** Adobe > > > > > > What is really strange, I don't see how MM doing this could hurt the sales > > of Adobe, if anything, it made people more interested in MM. > > > > Hey they are being sued by big bad Adobe. Lets by their product in > support. > > > > At 09:33 AM 5/7/2002 -0400, you wrote: > > >If you can't beat them in the market place, beat them in court. > > > > > >larry > > > > > >-- > > >Larry C. Lyons > > >ColdFusion/Web Developer > > >Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > > >EBStor.com > > >8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > > >Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > > >tel: (703) 393-7930 > > >fax: (703) 393-2659 > > >Web: http://www.ebstor.com > > > http://www.pacel.com > > >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > > >-- > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Michael Haggerty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 7:08 AM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: RE: F*** Adobe > > > > > > > > > > > > For a company that alledges to be a source for people to > > > > build creative and > > > > attractive projects, they are neither creative nor attractive > > > > in defense of > > > > their products. > > > > > > > > M > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Jon Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 1:54 AM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Re: F*** Adobe > > > > > > > > > > > > This is the same company that said that the downloadable version of > > > > Alice in Wonderland could not be read aloud. > > > > http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,22914,00.html > > > > > > > > .and the FBI arrest Dmitri Skylarov for DMCA violations when he came > > > > to the US to present a paper. > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/18/technology/18CRYP.html?today > > > > sheadlines > > > > > > > > jon > > > > > > > > Todd wrote: > > > > > http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020502/20405_1.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. 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