Comments on: Just cause the same name, melody line or image……. http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/just-cause-the-same-name-melody-line-or-image Digital Lifestyle Aggregation - helping to establish open source infrastructure Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:41:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: John Smit Jr. http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/just-cause-the-same-name-melody-line-or-image#comment-185683 John Smit Jr. Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:19:35 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/just-cause-the-same-name-melody-line-or-image#comment-185683 d41d8cd98f00b20 d41d8cd98f00b20

]]> By: madmancta http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/just-cause-the-same-name-melody-line-or-image#comment-48803 madmancta Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:13:07 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/just-cause-the-same-name-melody-line-or-image#comment-48803 <a href="http://www.translater.com.cn/" rel="nofollow">翻译</a> 翻译

]]> By: Igor http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/just-cause-the-same-name-melody-line-or-image#comment-45678 Igor Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:13:32 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/just-cause-the-same-name-melody-line-or-image#comment-45678 People such as Ian above make a common mistake, which is to confuse protection of content (patents and copyright: recipes, melodies...) and identity (trademark, personal name). The latter merely protects integrity of a person or brand, and prevents impersonation. There is a big difference between 1. copying content, and 2. pretending to be someomne who you are not. Concerning Coca-Cola, without patents others might copy the drink but not call it Coca-Cola when it isn't. People such as Ian above make a common mistake, which is to confuse protection of content (patents and copyright: recipes, melodies…) and identity (trademark, personal name).

The latter merely protects integrity of a person or brand, and prevents impersonation.
There is a big difference between
1. copying content, and
2. pretending to be someomne who you are not.

Concerning Coca-Cola, without patents others might copy the drink but not call it Coca-Cola when it isn’t.

]]> By: Simon http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/just-cause-the-same-name-melody-line-or-image#comment-43583 Simon Fri, 02 Jun 2006 08:06:33 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/just-cause-the-same-name-melody-line-or-image#comment-43583 A little game you can play - try singing alternate lines to BBBS and TTLS, as in Baa baa black sheep have you any wool? How I wonder what you are. etc. A little game you can play - try singing alternate lines to BBBS and TTLS, as in

Baa baa black sheep have you any wool?
How I wonder what you are.
etc.

]]> By: Ian Betteridge http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/just-cause-the-same-name-melody-line-or-image#comment-43572 Ian Betteridge Fri, 02 Jun 2006 07:20:43 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/just-cause-the-same-name-melody-line-or-image#comment-43572 And once again, Marc, I ask: how do you guarentee that that bottle marked "Coca-Cola" contains Coca-Cola, and not a foul-tasting knock-off? That's a benefit to consumers, as much as it is to Coca-Cola. And once again, Marc, I ask: how do you guarentee that that bottle marked “Coca-Cola” contains Coca-Cola, and not a foul-tasting knock-off? That’s a benefit to consumers, as much as it is to Coca-Cola.

]]> By: Nick Douglas http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/just-cause-the-same-name-melody-line-or-image#comment-43451 Nick Douglas Thu, 01 Jun 2006 23:15:34 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/just-cause-the-same-name-melody-line-or-image#comment-43451 The three songs all use an acknowledged original melody, actually. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkle_twinkle_little_star#Other_appearances_of_the_melody That is, they <i>didn't come up with it</i>. The three songs all use an acknowledged original melody, actually.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkle_twinkle_little_star#Other_appearances_of_the_melody

That is, they didn’t come up with it.

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