good lord. this was the 40 posts I rushed to read.
things have been covered well enough for me to leave it alone for now.
Lorne: Take care of yourself and ah, make sure fluffy is getting enough love. Gunn: Did he have anything? Fred: No. And who's fluffy? Are you fluffy? Gunn: He called me fluffy? Fred: He said make sure…wait. You don't think he was referring to anything of mine that's fluffy, do you? Because that would just be inappropriate.
'Conviction (1)'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
msbelle - Mar 27, 2007 3:04:40 pm PDT #4842 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Allyson - Mar 27, 2007 3:21:18 pm PDT #4843 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
insent, msbelle.
msbelle - Mar 27, 2007 3:29:19 pm PDT #4844 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
got it. backflung.
Consuela - Mar 27, 2007 6:01:14 pm PDT #4845 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Word, msbelle.
Also, t loves Cindy
I got nothing else, except that by Saturday, my Tivo should be able to tell me it's goint to record Drive, right? Yay!
Polter-Cow - Mar 27, 2007 6:06:13 pm PDT #4846 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oooh!! I wonder if I can set a series recording already. I'm going to be in Philadelphia when it premieres.
ETA: Curses. Hurry up, Comcast. Get with the program. Literally.
Vortex - Mar 27, 2007 6:18:23 pm PDT #4847 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
They're trying to promote your show, dammit! Let them!
well, there is this nasty little provision in copyright law that basically says that if you don't protect your copyright every time you see a violation, you lose the right to do so. So, although they would want to not protect at this point, they have to crack down in order for them to hold the copyright when there's something they don't like.
of course, it is probable that you know this and are just venting.
Polter-Cow - Mar 27, 2007 6:23:54 pm PDT #4848 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I actually didn't know that provision, but I do realize that, yes, YouTube breaks copyright like whoa, and they have every legal right to take shit down. That's interesting, though. Thanks.
Consuela - Mar 27, 2007 7:09:52 pm PDT #4849 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
::cough:: Trademark, isn't it, Vortex? You don't lose copyright by failing to protect it, you lose trademarks.
IANAnIPL, though.
Polter-Cow - Mar 27, 2007 7:33:34 pm PDT #4850 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Wow. Acronyms in new places.
ColinG - Mar 27, 2007 7:57:20 pm PDT #4851 of 10001
Copyright is something that is held for drive (presumably by FOX and possibly the creators), and they have the "exclusive right" to distribute the content, or give other's the right to to produce copies or reproductions.
The Copyright holder could certainly grant limited rights to reproduce certain marketing materials used for the promotion of a show (and they could do this without waving other copyright protections), and still maintain that the show is still their property, and that they maintain the trademarks and rights for the full show. Unless they have specifically granted those rights, I would expect them to protect their copyright.
If you are really really interested in the basics of current copyright, the Wikipedia entry here: Copyright is actually pretty accurate.
The protect it or lose it is more applicable to trademark law than to copyright, as phrases like to "Xerox" something began to mean something beyond the company, and the protected status of the trademark went away.
Note: I am not a lawyer, but I have studied some IP law in Graduate School.