tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064547517730087223.post1154024127323604397..comments2024-02-17T04:00:25.925-06:00Comments on The Platoon Advantage: Quick HitsThe Common Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09994070642805307798noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064547517730087223.post-67510477939560779042008-10-16T12:57:00.000-05:002008-10-16T12:57:00.000-05:00Thanks Bill. See, readers, this is why The Common...Thanks Bill. <BR/><BR/>See, readers, this is why The Common Man has smart lawyer friends. They can be so helpful when The Common Man lacks the desire to actually read through the complaint. Because of Bill's diligence and curiosity, you and The Common Man have much more to chuckle over than the fact that some idiot is suing Bon Jovi for $400 billion.The Common Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09994070642805307798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064547517730087223.post-79579894785515334492008-10-14T19:06:00.000-05:002008-10-14T19:06:00.000-05:00The complaint (in that copyright suit) is a work o...The complaint (in that copyright suit) is a work of art. I want to see more complaints using phrases like "snowballing screwup" and "one of TBS' silly ad messages." <BR/><BR/>I'm not sure I've ever heard two more dissimilar god-awful songs about kind of the same general subject (and the "general subject," of course, is uncopyrightable). Different key, different melody, different genre entirely. Apparently he's claiming a copyright on the partial phrase "I love this" and the rhyme "round/town." I guess. It's incoherent. But at least there's a pointless speech about free thinking at the end. <BR/><BR/>And the $400 billion comes from a really foolish misreading of the copyright rules, which allow for damages of up to $100,000 (actually $150,000) per "work"--so, in this case, $100,000 total--not "per CD," as in the complaint, which would be $100,000x4 million = $400 billion. I really hope he doesn't have a lawyer, or if he does, that no one else in the world gets stuck with that particular lawyer...<BR/><BR/>That was a good read, thanks. :)Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07840958382433052735noreply@blogger.com