Melancholy Elephants

[richardf8]

Today, I was reading in the paper about a local band calling itself "The Olympic Hopefuls" which, receiving a C & D from the USOC, changed its name, quite simply, to the hopefuls. It seems that "Olympic" was trademarked in a 1950 Congressional act

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[richardf8]

אין כל חדש תחת השמש -- There is nothing new under the sun. It doesn't mean we should stop trying. I guess my biggest problem with IP Law is that so much contested IP is not even owned by the people who created it, but rather by corporations.

And I will always maintained that the notion of corporate personhood is the single most dangerous concept in our society.

[_wastrel]

Hear, hear... http://www.thecorporation.tv/

[athelind]

THANK you. I read that story YEARS ago, and it's popped into my head on pretty much a weekly basis, with all the IPdiocy of recent years, but I couldn't remember who wrote it, or the title.

[richardf8]

Glad to Help.