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Copyrights and Wrongs
Mark Rasch, 2007-12-11

On October 1, 2007, Jammie Thomas -- a single mother living in Brainerd, Minnesota -- was sued in civil court for copyright infringement by the Recording Industry Association of America. Three days later, the jury returned the verdict; Ms. Thomas was liable for willfully infringing the copyrights on 24 songs. The fine: $222,000.

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Re: Re: Copyrights and Wrongs 2008-01-02
Anonymous
"4. Suppose a person have a trademark named ?music?. Could that person sue anybody who uses this word in mass media? (Don?t laugh, this is real: a Mexican politician registered his name as a mark in order to avoid bad commentaries.)

Generally you cant "trademark" something that is descriptive. T...

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