SCOTUS rules against Warner, XKCD turns 10

"SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman" (dasborgen) 09/23/2015 at 09:35 • Filed to: None

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This couldn’t have been more timely

Berang > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 09/23/2015 at 09:52

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I never understood how Warner could claim copyright given the song was originally published WAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY before 1923 and therefore has been in the public domain for decades now. I guess they were just trying to screw over people who had no idea about how copyright works.

RazoE > Berang 09/23/2015 at 10:00

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ask Apple how they patent technology that’s existed before.

Berang > RazoE 09/23/2015 at 10:09

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So far as I know, one may patent anything at anytime, as long as it hasn’t been patented before. Copyright and trademarks though may be invalid if whatever it is in question has already come into common useage. The smiley face is an example of that.

Ash78, voting early and often > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 09/23/2015 at 10:21

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Sweet-ass timing.

I mean sweet ass-timing.

wkiernan > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 09/23/2015 at 10:31

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You still can’t sing it, though, unless you put it to the tune of “The Star-Spangled Banner” or something like that. Curse you, Mickey Mouse, and curse you, Sonny Bono, you and your stupid eternal copyrights!