Blown To Bits

Copyright Follies

Monday, November 17th, 2008 by Harry Lewis
A discount estradiol valerate doctor or lymphatic therapist can help advise on the right find for without prescription choice of sleeve to reduce specific symptoms. Concerns include the buy accutane alternatives info sleeve moving when a person tosses and turns during sleep, purchase generic cheapest side effects and alcohol which could cause further swelling or inhibit blood flow. Many tizanidine no prescription people will need to wear compression sleeves around the clock, order cheap viagra online and there are different sleeves for daytime and nighttime. When buy buy cheap lymph nodes detect a pathogen in the lymph, they produce (ovral buy online more lymphocytes, which causes them to swell. Swollen lymph nodes purchase prescription without prescription in the neck may be due to a viral or buy amoxicillin online bacterial throat infection, such as strep throat. A person with strep.

In a new low for abuse of copyright, Toyota has demanded that a site providing desktop backgrounds remove all images that contain a Toyota, Scion, or Lexus, even in a photography whose copyright is properly held by a third party. The site asked Toyota to identify which images in particular needed to be removed, and Toyota responded that if they had to go to the trouble of identifying what they were objecting to, they would have to be paid for their work.

What’s interesting about this case is what is being used is not the DMCA, but the threat of DMCA. To issue a DMCA takedown, Toyota would have to be specific. The company is apparently claiming that no one can use a photo in which one of their cars appears without infringing their copyright on the design of the car. Extraordinary (and stupid — don’t they want the free publicity of Toyota cars on desktops?).

Also, Professor Charles Nesson has been getting great publicity for his attempt to have the DMCA ruled unconstitutional, essentially because it is a criminal statute dressed up in civil garb. The penalties are extraordinarily high, and none of the protections available to criminal defendants are accorded to those the recording industry comes after. That is why so few cases make it to trial, and the industry can continue its attacks unabated by any risk of losing a case.

One Response to “Copyright Follies”

  1. Toyota Aristo Says:

    cool post. I have always enjoyed trucks. cheers