just a quickie

[Darkwish]

Get your mind out of the gutter, it's not that kind of quickie.

Only one email stood out today, but the amount of stupidity is mind blowing:


Message: My listing was ended for a Copyright Violation. I fail to see how anyone holds the copyright for words.


Yeah.... I think it pretty much speaks for itself...

[TheComputerError]

If I were you, my response would be simply "Tell that to all the authors in the world."

[Broomjockey]

But, copyright is just for words. He makes my head hurt.

[One-Fang]

Someone doesn't get the difference between copyright and trademark, I think.

[TheComputerError]

But, copyright is just for words. He makes my head hurt.

Us photographers and artists aren't too keen on what you just said.

[Chromatix]

Computer programs aren't exactly words, either.

But I think copyright was *originally* just for words on the printed page, because that's what the printing press enabled making massive copies of. Copying works of art was much harder, while photographs and computers didn't exist yet.

[Broomjockey]

Us photographers and artists aren't too keen on what you just said.

Oh pft. You can have trademarks then. *hogs copyrights*