Many of you wrote in last week to comment on SCO’s attorney’s argument regarding the alleged unenforceability of the GPL license. Now, Eben Moglen, General Counsel of the Free Software Foundation, gives his views, courtesy of CNET News.com. Preview: SCO’s argument was ‘arrant, unprofessional nonsense.’ Thanks to Dennis Kennedy for the link.
The Fair and Balanced Trademark Blog
A suggestion that all bloggers change their blog names to include the term ‘fair and balanced’ here. Bill O’Reilly’s take on the Franken lawsuit here, in which he says that “The accusation that Fox is a conservative network is pure propaganda.” Basic elements of propaganda here. Another essay here, listing common propaganda
Two Palms
According to this CNET News.com article, the company formerly known as Palm, will divide into an operating software company named PALMSOURCE and a hardware company named PALMONE.
Law Firm Name Confusion
I definitely confused after reading this NY Lawyer article about the name of Johnnie Cochran’s law firm.
No Sunshine After Sunrise for .PRO
Via ICANN.blog, an excerpt from Register.com’s SEC filing indicating that there doesn’t appear to be a launch date for the new .PRO top level domain name.
Previous misinformation on .PRO’s sunrise period that I unwittingly circulated here.
How President Bush Can Be So Certain It Isn't Terrorism
The Simpsons Nuclear Powerplant Playset with Radioactive Homer is available here.
New IP Blog
Infringing Actions, an IP blog by Kelly Talcott, a litigation partner at Pennie & Edmonds.
I Have So Much Confidence In Our Readiness Plans For a Biological Attack
It’s interesting how as an alternative to a single-point-of-failure model our electric system has developed a “pretty much anywhere in the eastern U.S. point-of-failure” model.
We went swimming, we lit candles. I’m glad Pampers don’t need electricity.
Blogging in the Dark
Interesting account of ’65 blackout here.
What Does Franken's Book Say That Fox Is Going After Him Like This? I Can't Wait to Read It.
Here is the complaint in the Fox v. Franken case. Fox says that its star commentator O’Reilly has a distaste for name-calling in political analysis in para. 36. Fox calls Franken ‘shrill and unstable,’ a ‘C-level political commentator’ who is ‘increasingly unfunny,’ that he ‘appeared either intoxicated or deranged’ at a dinner, that he