Copyright Violation? COPYRIGHT VIOLATION?!?!? That's Horse****. Total HORSE**** Horse**** Horse**** Horse***!!! And for those of you who don't know what that is, it's the **** that comes out of a Horse!
;-) The website is funny. And it's a parody. It's completely legal, otherwise Gates and Co. would have had it shut down years ago. Notice that the site says it will be shipping in 2003. I assume when the page was made, that was yet future. I'm sure if they thought they could, they'd have taken the site down as soon as they saw it. Remember, Microsoft is the same company that sued some poor teenage kid who owned the domain name MikeRoweSoft.com (since his name was Michael Rowe or Mike Rowe). They later settled their differences, but the point is, if there was any possiblity that this page violated some sort of law - MS would have shut it down long ago. I, personally, wish someone would update the site - maybe with some mocked-up screenshots, like with a Kernal Panic BSOD or something. At least add a page explaining why they had to push back the launch date from 2003, and how it will be out sometime in Q1 2006. Maybe even bring in the Xbox by saying you can use it on the Xbox 360 with a Microsoft Mod Chip (only $199 + tax) and it can only be installed by MS certified computer specialists. There is much potential for parody in this site, and although it is funny in its current form, it gets less and less funny each time I see it. -Chad Smith On 5/18/05, Daniel Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anton Danilov wrote: > > Not a very funny joke and a total trademark copyright violation. > > Uhhmm... no. It's not a copyright violation. You might make a case for > /trademark/ violation, but even then I'd disagree with you. It is legal > to use trademarks within certain constraints, and I'm confident that > parody must be one of them, since parody is a component of free speech. > It would be illegal to use a trademark that's not yours to sell a > product, but that's not what this website is doing. > > Incidentally, I think it's really funny. :-) > > Cheers, > Daniel. > > > > > > Alex wrote: > > > >> Read what others are saying on http://www.mslinux.org/ > >> > >> It's a real hoot. > >> > >> Alex Janssen > >> "comic relief" > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- -Chad Smith *G-Mail ROCKS --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
