Rupert Murdoch Claims To Own the 'Sky' In 'Skype' 186
Crudely_Indecent writes "Not content to own just news stories, Rupert Murdoch is now going after individual words! His BSkyB is fighting a legal battle with Skype, claiming that it owns the 'Sky' in 'Skype.' From the article: 'A spokesman for Sky confirmed that the company has been involved in a "five-year dispute with Skype" over trademark applications filed by the telecomms company. These are, the spokesman added: "including, but not limited to, television-related goods and services."'"
Re:The expansion of IP/Trademarks (Score:5, Interesting)
Fox in Firefox (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:He's crazy right? (Score:3, Interesting)
***Trademarks are not about confusion.***
Maybe in Latvia or Nepal. In the US, confusion is an element. Johnson and Johnson's trademark on Band-Aid in no way constrains Stephen Ambrose or Randy Shifts from writing books called respectively "Band of Brothers" and "The Band Played On".
May I be the first to nominate Rupert Murdoch as capitan of mankind's first interstellar expedition? No way to get the explorers back once they are launched? Yeah, I knew that. (I also nominate Donald Trump as first officer).
Re:Who cares what Murdoch thinks? (Score:3, Interesting)
"The strategy of any network affiliate is to draw in viewers with the entertainment, then keep them around for the news"
When you can reliably show me the difference between 'news' and 'entertainment' on any of the popular networks, let me know how you did it.
CNN, for instance, happily shows us features on Lindsay Lohan, Lady Gaga, missing children wherever, remains of someone recently deceased that, disgraced persons walking out of/into jail, etc. The LEAST of their features are on substantive national issues or political debate. They consider political coverage to be features on Congressional ethics scandals and oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico.
MSNBC is no different.
The Comedy Channel at least offers more of a focus on political issues, and despite their attempts to make it snarky or at least funny, they end up with most of the cogent and insightful analysis. Not that U.S. politics is currently all that funny, but it is largely absurd, and hence ironically funny.
I get why so many people hate Fox. It's the same reason I hate all the rest.