Comments on: February 22 roundup

By: Dave Lincoln

Dave Lincoln — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 17:02:08 +0000

Jeff, How ’bout the “Big Play” during the 1984 (I believe) Cal-Stanford game, wherein (oooh, Lawyer-talk) California ran the ball through the Stanford band, who were on the filed a bit early, as there were still a few seconds left on the clock? Cal scored a touchdown to win the game.

So, don’t anybody start calling anything else “The Big Play” TM. And don’t call me Frances – Anyone calls me Frances, I’ll kill ya!

By: Ron S.

Ron S. — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:57:21 +0000

Will anyone be surprised when suicides in Alabama soar because institutions like Brookwood begin refusing patients with suicidal tendencies?

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:05:05 +0000

Nevins: You can keep your proctoscope to yourself, but choreography most certainly can be copyrighted. As George Balanchine, Merce Cunningham, Twyla Tharp, or Robert Joffrey, among others. They all own the copyrights to particular ballets.

Not the music, mind you, but the choreography. Other pieces of choreography are owned by the various ballet companies. And they do watch and prosecute violations.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:40:59 +0000

The NFL wants to own The Big Game? Hmm, I wonder what Stanford and Cal will have to say about that? The annual Cal-Stanford football game has been The Big Game for over 100 years.

By: OBQuiet

OBQuiet — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:00:51 +0000

“Perhaps they can just trademark any reference to that particular game, and we can all NEVER HEAR ABOUT IT AGAIN, which would be nice.”

Soon, on the Evening News:

Tonight A recap and highlights from the Game whose name may not even be alluded to.

By: nevins

nevins — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:42:56 +0000

Suing people for doing the ‘electric slide’ wrong? 1) if it is done ‘wrong’ then it aint the electric slide and he has no standing, 2) if done wrong it might be for the purpose of satire or other protected use, 3) if a choreagraphed movement can be copywrighted then I’m going to define the ‘protoscopy shuffle’ and charge my patients extra when they walk out of my office in that characteristic manner.

By: Deoxy

Deoxy — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:31:13 +0000

“turns out SAE gives odometers a 4% leeway, so Honda is paying millions for following industry standard”

Wow, that’s SO surprising… NOT. Par for the course.

“Now the NFL wants to trademark “The Big Game.” ”

I called that one. I’m sure that many others did, as well.

Perhaps they can just trademark any reference to that particular game, and we can all NEVER HEAR ABOUT IT AGAIN, which would be nice.