our little daemon abused as symbol of the evil

[Julian H. Stacey]

Hi,
Reference:
> From:		=?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des at des.no> 
> Date:		Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:27:16 +0100 
> Message-id:	<86eikuk317.fsf at ds4.des.no> 

=?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= wrote:
> "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs at berklix.com> writes:
> > I asked someone who registers trademarks as part of her job:
> > 	One can apply to register a trademark in {(my (Julian) brackets) at
> > 	least all of} Germany Britain America {etc}.  She spoke of
> > 	an international form where one ticks the countries one
> > 	wants {to apply to}.
> >
> > I recall there's initial & recuring fees (& admin) on getting &
> > renewing trademarks.  So questions could be:
> > 	Has Kirk (or A.N.Other) registered it [which, what] as a
> > 	trademark ?  In which countries ?  When ? URLs please.
> > 	Have they already/ when will they expire 
> > 	Whose crontab file reminder who Kirk ? to pay renewal
> > 	fees [to which countries] ?
> 
> There is no need to register a trademark.  Kirk owns the *copyright* to
> the image, which is valid world-wide at no cost.  As the copyright
> holder, Kirk gets to decide who is and isn't allowed to use the image
> and for what purpose.
> 
> I'm tempted to say that those researchers' use of the daemon is a
> shocking display of lack of respect for intellectual property, if I
> didn't already know far too well that most scientists are not only
> completely clueless about IP but do not even understand it when you
> explain it to them.
> 
> DES
> -- 
> Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des at des.no
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Cheers,
Julian
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