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xeoron

Bio: Computer Scientist, Poet, Scholar, a bit of everything.

Wal-Mart: you can't scan century-old photos of your ancestors because copyright lasts forever

August 12, 2008 3:52pm

I used to work for a place that has a Kodak kiosk and when it was put in we had a person from their corporate office come and tell us all about it. We were told we should tell people exactly what Wal-Mart told that customer. The whole time I tried to speak up and say, "What about fair-use and first sale doctrine? What about the fact that copyright has time frame limits?" My boss would not let me interject nor explain things later on. Very frustrating...! Since the customer has to click through a copyright notice, it makes the boss happy to cover his arse, just in case.

Ford dealership uses bigoted radio ads to sell cars

May 26, 2008 8:44am

Wasn't the Pledge of Allegiance created for a marketing campaign to sell flags?

Mountain of puzzle-pieces

December 29, 2007 7:56pm

Such a pretty heap of chaos...

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