Log in

No account? Create an account

Remember me

Forgot password

Facebook Twitter Google RAMBLER&Co ID

By logging in to LiveJournal using a third-party service you accept LiveJournal's User agreement

: Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
2012-12-14 01:54:00

Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
2012-12-14 01:54:00

Mood: angry

Trademark Stupidity

It really aggravates me when people trademark parts of language that they did not make up, and then abuse said trademark by claiming that it applies to things which are not listed in their paperwork.

Tags: news

Fieldhaven as Habitat

If you follow my posts on gardening, birdfeeding, and photos, then you know that I garden for wildlife. Looking at the YardMap parameters, here…
A Little Slice of Terramagne: YardMap

Sadly the main program is dormant, but the YardMap concept is awesome, and many of its informative articles remain. YardMap was a citizen science…
Birdfeeding

Today is sunny, muggy, and warm. I fed the birds. I've seen house finches and a squirrel. After lunch, we moved the rest of the walnut logs. Most…

catsittingstill

December 14 2012, 12:09:30 UTC 8 years ago

Collapse
Expand
New comment

I agree. Before you can saw something out of the language and reserve it to yourself, it has to be something you created that is unique to you.

Well...

ysabetwordsmith

December 14 2012, 16:54:35 UTC 8 years ago

Collapse
Expand
New comment

Ideally, yes. In practice, you can skive off with whatever you can get paperwork for. In this case, "space marine" was already in use decades before their game came out, and they trademarked it anyway. This is what leads so many people to ignore the laws routinely, and then we have worse chaos than if there were no laws on trademark or copyright. AND there's no way to protect the public domain.

I swear, they're worse than pirates. The pirates at least fling loot to everyone while robbing the content producers. The megacorps are more like dragons. They give a pittance to the producers, then sit on a giant mound of loot screaming "MINE! YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY!"

Deleted comment

0_o

ysabetwordsmith

December 14 2012, 17:01:54 UTC 8 years ago

Collapse
Expand
New comment

That ... would explain a lot.

cat_sanctuary

December 14 2012, 17:45:27 UTC 8 years ago

Collapse
Expand
New comment

Dittos, and best wishes to Haikujaguar...if I were going to read anything about space marines, it would be hers!

Yes...

ysabetwordsmith

December 14 2012, 17:48:05 UTC 8 years ago

Collapse
Expand
New comment

It's particularly ironic in this case because the entire evolution of that storyline is documented. It started with exercising on an elliptical, which reminded

haikujaguar of powered armor ... I think she actually mentioned Heinlein at one point, along with some assorted military history nonfiction she was reading.