OK, I'll bite... what does the acronym stand for? I Am Not A Lawyer And I Don't Want To Be One .... you lose me after that. I though it was "biatch", but you're missing a C ;-)
~Nelson~ Kevin Driscoll wrote: > The printing and design is protected by copyright but the concept of a > gridded gameboard upon which one places lettered tiles seems not. > > IANALAIDW2B1BIATH > > > Kevin > > > On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Elizabeth Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The design of the board is copyrightable. >> >> On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Kevin Driscoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> Those dudes are b.a.n.a.n.a.s. for not taking $10millie if it were >>> indeed offered but I am not sure about the infringement here. There's >>> definitely trademark confusion (check out the board, dogs!) but game >>> rules aren't copyright protected. I believe they fall under patent. >>> >>> I am consulting with some of my gamer colleagues in GAMBIT to find out. >>> >>> I used to play Literati all the time on Yahoo games. It was very >>> similar to Scrabble... but perhaps not similar enough? Or maybe it was >>> 2002 and Hasbro wasn't yet hip 2 da scene? >>> >>> Kevin >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Oliver Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> What about the trademark issues though? I forget what the extent of >>>> trademark allows but I was under the impression it is protected for as >>>> long as the product is on the market. And as much as I love Scrabulous >>>> I >>>> can't help but notice that the colors, layout, etc of the board are a >>>> nearly exact match. >>>> >>>> O >>>> >>>> On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, Nelson Pavlosky wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Elizabeth Stark wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> And Nelson, just to play devil's advocate here, isn't this just a >>>>>> clear >>>>>> >>>>> case >>>>> >>>>>> of infringement of the Hasbro's copyright (and the Scrabble trademark >>>>>> for >>>>>> that matter)? Should Hasbro not hold the copyright to scrabble? What >>>>>> is the >>>>>> scenario we'd like to see? Should board games not be copyrightable >>>>>> matter? >>>>>> Should naming a game with such a similar name not be trademark >>>>>> >>>>> infringement? >>>>> >>>>> Well, ideally copyright would be shorter so that a game created in 1938 >>>>> would be public domain by now. >>>>> >>>>> Failing that, I think we should put pressure on companies not to >>>>> enforce >>>>> their copyrights to the hilt. Just because you have the legal power to >>>>> do something doesn't make it the right thing to do, either for your >>>>> business or for the public good. Working with "pirates" in a civil >>>>> manner instead of trying to sue them out of existence might have given >>>>> us a healthy online music business back when Napster was created >>>>> instead >>>>> of like a decade later with iTunes, Amazon etc. A legitimized Napster >>>>> I think would have been a seriously good thing. Similarly, working >>>>> with >>>>> Scrabulous might have been more productive than suing them. As the >>>>> Economist article I linked to suggests, perhaps companies should >>>>> consider more seriously whether the "piracy" is actually a bad thing >>>>> before sending in the lawyers. >>>>> >>>>> We have carrots and sticks, folks. We can boycott companies that don't >>>>> play nicely with others, and we can do things like CarrotMob >>>>> <http://www.carrotmob.org/> to benefit businesses that are friendly to >>>>> their fans and customers instead of suing them. Let's encourage people >>>>> and companies to share more and to hoard less, because generally in the >>>>> information economy, it's not a zero sum game, when you share >>>>> frequently >>>>> everybody wins. >>>>> >>>>> Peace, >>>>> ~Nelson~ >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Discuss mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Discuss mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> )_)_)_)_)_)_ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
