KFC has unveiled a new logo. It has constructed an extra large version in the Area 51 desert in Nevada. It is claimed that this is visible from space. I read once that the Great Wall of China is the only man-made feature visible from space. Well, now there’s two. If mere appearance of
“Why News Corp Won’t Sue Google”
Bambi Francisco (Marketwatch): “Why News Corp Won’t sue Google” (discussion of how integrated media companies such as News Corp, find themselves in conflict as both copyright owners and, as in the case of News Corp which owns MySpace, copyright ‘fair users.’
One Bank, One Card, Two Demand Letters
NY Times article on the demand letter
A website named StereoGum hosted this video and attorneys for Universal sent a demand letter and posted a courtesy copy in the comments thread as well as a copy of Universal’s letter to Bank of America (See the November 13 comments here for the text of the letter
Popularity-Distortion Field
Digg.com is a news-site that uses ‘social bookmarking.’ Readers submit third-party stories and the most popular stories are displayed on the home page. According to this article, one of the most popular posts last week was a laudatory story about a company named InventionLand, an inventor-submission firm (every patent lawyer in the audience just
Wii And You
A collection of puns motivated by Nintendo’s release of the WII platform, via Kottke.
Err On A G String
Procol Harum was named after the band’s manager’s cat and is almost the Latin for ‘beyond these things’ (the correct Latin would be Procul Harum). OK, now that we got that out of the way, “A Whiter Shade Of Pale” was released in 1967. Now they are fighting over it. Today’s episode of SoundCheck
Other People’s Mail: YouTube Sends TechCrunch C&D
TechCrunch: “Huh? YouTube Sends TechCrunch a Cease and Desist.”
More on CopyBot / SecondLife
This is a video illustrating how a cloning program works on SecondLife. What you are seeing is explained in whats seems to be the most comprehensive account of the CopyBot incident from New World Notes, including an interview with the people who wrote the original program.
IPTABlog discusses the CopyBot rampage on SecondLife and
If You’re In Manhattan And Don’t Have Plans This Evening
. . . and you want to ask me questions about law blogging, then you can come hear me speak at the NY County Lawyers Association downtown (Vesey and Broadway), from 6 to 8 (details here).
CopyBot Terrorizing Residents Of SecondLife, Caught On Video
We have been following SecondLife, a popular virtual world, which has been gaining traction as a demo site for ‘real world’ product roll-outs, ‘remote’ conferencing and the like. A key point is that the digital creations, such as the appearance of avatars (the digital representations of the users) and the structures, have real value,