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[Suu]

I just sent an email to Greg, so I can share the response with the rest of the class. 

[Jenne]

Suu, I LOVE your avatar, Dude.  You rawk.

[Adios]

The shitstain got all butthurt and is bothering me IRC.

[malvarma]

I'm sure he has uncopyrighted basketball moves you can steal.

If they were uncopyrighted, wouldn't that put them in the public domain?

Now your avatar, on the other hand, clearly infringes on the intellectual property of Children's Television Workshop.
I've informed the Copyright Gestapo of your illegal activities. Have fun in reeducation camp.

This is the video they will use to brainwash you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH4rz-WAg7g

Actually, it's fan art that was released into the public domain. Fan art cannot be copyrighted. The artist attributed it to being a fan representation, and therefore, released him/herself from legal obligations by doing so, even as intellectual property. Therefore, I'm fine.

Die in a fire.

Actually, fan creations, including fan art and fan fiction, often infringe on copyright. If you create a story or picture using copyrighted characters without the author's permission, you've committed infringement. Most artists support the fan community that develops around their work, and chose not to pursue infringers. However, some artists are very aggressive in defending their copyright.

Source: http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2010/05/13/the-messy-world-of-fan-art-and-copyright/

I know this. I've done research as I've done my fair share of fan art. I've also worked at conventions where fan art was present by guest artists. I've done authorized and unauthorized fan reproductions and know the whole rigmarole. I've spoken with Stan Lee, Greg Land, and Steve Sansweet PERSONALLY on their stances on this and have their goddamn business cards in my WALLET.  If Jim Henson Studios were to see my avatar, they would FIRST track down the artist about it, chances are I wouldn't be affected.

Dude, I do this shit for a LIVING, and you're going to tell ME what's legal and what's not?! After you blatantly admitted to being a fucking thief and just put your foot in your mouth in the other thread?!

Give me a fucking break.

I didn't say you'd be affected. But it's true that the original artist committed infringement.

And I'd never sue you for using my name in your avatar. Consider everything I do open source. I'm flattered, actually.<3

[Suu]

But it's still your intellectual property, no?

Call it open source or not, it's YOUR name that you created to post on the internet, and I just created that avatar without permission, therefore, I infringed on your direct rights.

[malvarma]

But it's still your intellectual property, no?

Call it open source or not, it's YOUR name that you created to post on the internet, and I just created that avatar without permission, therefore, I infringed on your direct rights.

This is getting silly now...
but Open Source mean's I've already given you permission to use the name.

Derived Works: The license must allow modifications and derived works, and must allow them to be distributed under the same terms as the license of the original software.

Source: http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd

Of course, I meant that as a joke. You can't copyright the word "Malvarma" at all. It's already in the Public Domain.
It means "cold" in Esperanto.

Not to mention, a name is not code.

[Suu]

But it's still your intellectual property, no?

Call it open source or not, it's YOUR name that you created to post on the internet, and I just created that avatar without permission, therefore, I infringed on your direct rights.

This is getting silly now...
but Open Source mean's I've already given you permission to use the name.

Derived Works: The license must allow modifications and derived works, and must allow them to be distributed under the same terms as the license of the original software.

Source: http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd

Of course, I meant that as a joke. You can't copyright the word "Malvarma" at all. It's already in the Public Domain.
It means "cold" in Esperanto.

Not to mention, a name is not code.

Yes, and feces by any other name still smells like shit.

...and the fact that you took the time to actually learn anything in Esperanto proves that you're a total waste of space. You may as well learn one of the Tolkienic languages or even Klingon, because I guarantee there are more people that can speak Klingon fluently in this world.

[malvarma]

But it's still your intellectual property, no?

Call it open source or not, it's YOUR name that you created to post on the internet, and I just created that avatar without permission, therefore, I infringed on your direct rights.

This is getting silly now...
but Open Source mean's I've already given you permission to use the name.

Derived Works: The license must allow modifications and derived works, and must allow them to be distributed under the same terms as the license of the original software.

Source: http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd

Of course, I meant that as a joke. You can't copyright the word "Malvarma" at all. It's already in the Public Domain.
It means "cold" in Esperanto.

Not to mention, a name is not code.

Yes, and feces by any other name still smells like shit.

...and the fact that you took the time to actually learn anything in Esperanto proves that you're a total waste of space. You may as well learn one of the Tolkienic languages or even Klingon, because I guarantee there are more people that can speak Klingon fluently in this world.

I am Malvarma.
I download music
and I'm a conlanger
and I don't give a fuck what anyone else thinks.

(You may be right actually, I heard Klingon was overtaking Esperanto in popularity).

[Suu]

You know, a lot of people don't give a fuck about what a lot of people think...until they find themselves into all sorts of trouble.

[malvarma]

You know, a lot of people don't give a fuck about what a lot of people think...until they find themselves into all sorts of trouble.

Haha, come on now.

Isn't unrestrained individual expression a Discordian ideal?

[Suu]

You know, a lot of people don't give a fuck about what a lot of people think...until they find themselves into all sorts of trouble.

Haha, come on now.

Isn't unrestrained individual expression a Discordian ideal?

And now, ladies and gentlemen, we're going to get the "How to be a Really Real Discordian™" spiel.

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All of a sudden I'm very interested in LeBron James news.

[Richter]

 

[Jasper]

You know, a lot of people don't give a fuck about what a lot of people think...until they find themselves into all sorts of trouble.

Haha, come on now.

Isn't unrestrained individual expression a Discordian ideal?

If you think about it, that's exactly what non-discordians (who know about us) expect.  Anti-establishment, anti-mainstream, anti-[insert popular thing here].  They see it coming, so why play into that narrative?

[malvarma]

You know, a lot of people don't give a fuck about what a lot of people think...until they find themselves into all sorts of trouble.

Haha, come on now.

Isn't unrestrained individual expression a Discordian ideal?

If you think about it, that's exactly what non-discordians (who know about us) expect.  Anti-establishment, anti-mainstream, anti-[insert popular thing here].  They see it coming, so why play into that narrative?

Good idea. Let's be fascists. They'd never see it coming.