Comments on: I Am Not A Lawyer, But I Have a Smart Lawyer Friend! http://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/09/17/i-am-not-a-lawyer-but-i-have-a-smart-lawyer-friend/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: fosterthttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/09/17/i-am-not-a-lawyer-but-i-have-a-smart-lawyer-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-686800 fostert Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:35:51 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=10458#comment-686800 "The College Politico looks nothing like them and, more importantly, acts nothing like them." Umm, from a legal perspective, action in a literary context is not important in copyright cases. What would be arguable here is that they would have copied the format. In older cases, it would have been multiple consistent exact phrases. Now, I really don't think it matters. What are you really going to steal, anyway? Want to steal Lucas's stuff? The only company who can really produce it is Lucas. I'm not sure copyright protection is even a good idea. I'd like it for sure, but why do I deserve it? "The College Politico looks nothing like them and, more importantly, acts nothing like them."

Umm, from a legal perspective, action in a literary context is not important in copyright cases. What would be arguable here is that they would have copied the format. In older cases, it would have been multiple consistent exact phrases. Now, I really don't think it matters. What are you really going to steal, anyway? Want to steal Lucas's stuff? The only company who can really produce it is Lucas. I'm not sure copyright protection is even a good idea. I'd like it for sure, but why do I deserve it?

]]> By: theCLhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/09/17/i-am-not-a-lawyer-but-i-have-a-smart-lawyer-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-686791 theCL Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:44:08 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=10458#comment-686791 Politico is such a common word. I'd be amazed if College Politico was found in breach of any law. Politico is such a common word. I'd be amazed if College Politico was found in breach of any law.

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