2005
The Return of Music Industry Self-Tarnishment
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In July of 2002 I posted a piece entitled “The Trademark Implications of Spoofing Music Downloads – Self-Tarnshment?” regarding the (alleged) practice of the music industry and its representatives to upload defective and mis-labeled audio files. The implied purpose was to degrade the quality of the libraries of music files on peer to peer networks such…
Today’s Moment of Zen Branding
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Craigslist has an unconventional approach to investing in its ‘brand’: it doesn’t do anything. “We never even use that word internally,” Mr. Buckmaster [Craigslist’s CEO] said. “We do zero advertising. We don’t have a logo. Now we’re told that we have the strongest brand ever for a company our size.”
from “Rebels With A…
State of The Fried Chicken
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Blog compilation of fried chicken stores named after any state in the Union other than Kentucky. Hat tip Kevin.
AFP v. AFP.INFO (French domain name case)
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Via Heise Online, a report of a French decision awarding the domain name AFP.INFO to Agence France Press, from a German entity that alleged that it registered the name to provide information regarding ‘Agentur fur Privatschulen’ (Agency for Private Schools). In view of the interesting jurisdictional issues, is anyone aware of an English translation…