---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Aniruddha Shankar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: May 15, 2005 2:43 PM
Shining defender of freedom of expression, originality and author's rights, Microsoft Corp., is running a short film contest to win 2000 pounds of film and video equipment vouchers. The subject ? A film on how you would feel and what you would do "if you saw your hard work being passed off as the property of someone else". The short film on "intellectual property theft" has to be in by the first of July. O apathetic masses, "Think about it: what would a world look like without protection for intellectual property?"[1] Any takers ? And you, yes, you in the green shirt and the overly long, tangled hair, I know what you're up to! You're trying to STEAL MY IDEAS FROM MY HEAD!! Luckily for me I've wrapped my head in tinfoil so your SinistroWaves cannot penetrate through to my precious, wetly throbbing intellectual property. And don't think that recension/fair use/parody crap will stand up in courts forever! What's that ? Microsoft infringed Sun's[2] copyrightand trademark? SPX's[3], Eolas'[4],Intertrust's [5] and Stac's[6] patents? Well, Microsoft is reformed now, and they're trying to support independent filmmakers. Cynic. I bet you're trying to steal my ideas right now. The contest poster is at http://www.msn.co.uk/img/en/en-gb/portal/specials/thoughtthieves/poster.PDF The contest website is www.msn.co.uk/thoughtthieves [1] http://www.msn.co.uk/thoughtthieves/creating/ [2] http://tinyurl.com/8v3wu [3] http://tinyurl.com/ajcbk [4] http://tinyurl.com/a8taf [5] http://tinyurl.com/77btz [6] http://www.base.com/software-patents/articles/stac.html _______________________________________________ commons-law mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/commons-law
