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Dave
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Username: Dave

Post Number: 6374
Registered: 4-1997


Posted on Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 3:58 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Microsoft holds short film contest about Intellectual property rights and demands entrants forego same rights.

Can't make this stuff up

quote:

"The theme of your film should be about how intellectual property theft affects both individuals and society. Think about it: what would a world look like without protection for intellectual property?"

[Terms excerpt:]

Please note that the entry form incorporates a Release of Rights.




http://www.msn.co.uk/thoughtthieves/termsandconditions/
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Hillsider
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Username: Hillsider

Post Number: 12
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 5:23 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Nothing wrong with that... they have asked folks to enter a contract willingly...

IP theft is exactly what it says, theft without the acknowledgement of the owner... MS is NOT stealing anything here...

If I ask Pink Floyd to donate the rights of their album to me it is OK... it is not OK for me to rip their stuff from Napster...
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Soda
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Username: Soda

Post Number: 3193
Registered: 5-2001


Posted on Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 9:17 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Supporter with 12 posts gets huffy instead of smirking along with minor irony supplied by 5'10" moderator with kingsize legal bills.

Film at eleven.

-s.
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Rick B
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Username: Ruck1977

Post Number: 685
Registered: 8-2003


Posted on Friday, May 13, 2005 - 8:34 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
i wonder what sort of watchlist they are going to put these entrants on...

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