Comments on: Condo ass. claims copyright on Chicago's Marina City Towers http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: krylon http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80404 krylon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80404 I think this is the first time I've ever heard a condo association referred to in a good light. I always thought they were thought of as being harpish nightmares that were made up of people with nothing better to do than make other's lives miserable, which (coincidentally) seems to be the end run of what they're trying to do here. I think this is the first time I’ve ever heard a condo association referred to in a good light.

I always thought they were thought of as being harpish nightmares that were made up of people with nothing better to do than make other’s lives miserable, which (coincidentally) seems to be the end run of what they’re trying to do here.

]]> By: devophill http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80414 devophill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80414 <b>#15 Vlad the Inhaler</b>- I lol'd and lol'd! #15 Vlad the Inhaler- I lol’d and lol’d!

]]> By: diltsch http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80415 diltsch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80415 <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v667/punchintheface/400px-Marina_City--Chicago_Illinois.jpg" border="0">

]]> By: devophill http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80416 devophill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80416 Also, by frequency I'd say TNH was going for Glia Maturation Factor, Beta. A bank? Not likely. Also, by frequency I’d say TNH was going for Glia Maturation Factor, Beta. A bank? Not likely.

]]> By: Sidehike http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80420 Sidehike Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80420 <a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/37819@Z01/2431218/">Don't sue me, bro!</a> ...Or the other 1200 people who take the architectural boat tour each day. (Which I highly recommend!) Don’t sue me, bro!

…Or the other 1200 people who take the architectural boat tour each day. (Which I highly recommend!)

]]> By: klg19 http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80424 klg19 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80424 <i>most of you coasters will recognize the buildings from the cover of Wilco's YHF)</i> Really? Not from "The Bob Newhart Show"? Damn, I feel OLD. most of you coasters will recognize the buildings from the cover of Wilco’s YHF)

Really? Not from “The Bob Newhart Show”?

Damn, I feel OLD.

]]> By: bonabo http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-81266 bonabo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81266 They look cool from a distance, but up close they are butt-ugly. Bare rough concrete and no street presence. And they are an obstacle to walking around the city. When you hit these buildings the sidewalk dead ends. They look cool from a distance, but up close they are butt-ugly. Bare rough concrete and no street presence. And they are an obstacle to walking around the city. When you hit these buildings the sidewalk dead ends.

]]> By: duus http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80249 duus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80249 Sometimes I tell others about what the building looks like. Is that okay? Sometimes I tell others about what the building looks like. Is that okay?

]]> By: Giovanni http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80256 Giovanni Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80256 They should have shock troops that guard the buildings, if someone takes a glace without paying, or is a "glance pirate" so to speak, out comes the taser. Everyone with a taser wins! They should have shock troops that guard the buildings, if someone takes a glace without paying, or is a “glance pirate” so to speak, out comes the taser.

Everyone with a taser wins!

]]> By: chasie http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80257 chasie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80257 Serious Headline Tip: Use assn. to abbreviate association. Frivolous headline tip: If an association is doing something stupid, abbreviate it with "ass." Serious Headline Tip: Use assn. to abbreviate association.

Frivolous headline tip: If an association is doing something stupid, abbreviate it with “ass.”

]]> By: Spherical Time http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80260 Spherical Time Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80260 That's absolutely hilarious. In one of the links, they extensively cover copyright involving buildings, and it specifically does <em>not</em> cover photographs of buildings from public places. You'd think that they would have at least tried to familiarize themselves with the law before trying to make broad declarations about it. That’s absolutely hilarious. In one of the links, they extensively cover copyright involving buildings, and it specifically does not cover photographs of buildings from public places.

You’d think that they would have at least tried to familiarize themselves with the law before trying to make broad declarations about it.

]]> By: EricT http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80263 EricT Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80263 That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Fortunatly I have a very good friend who owns one of the Condos there. In fact we stayed in it last summer. Very nice. SO I will ask him what he thinks That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Fortunatly I have a very good friend who owns one of the Condos there. In fact we stayed in it last summer. Very nice.
SO I will ask him what he thinks

]]> By: duus http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80264 duus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80264 it's not my fault i have this kamera on my eye. it’s not my fault i have this kamera on my eye.

]]> By: bbum http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80266 bbum Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80266 Sounds like it is about time for a Chicago Photographer's Field Trip!!! If I still lived in Chi-town, I'd be there in a heartbeat. Sounds like it is about time for a Chicago Photographer’s Field Trip!!!

If I still lived in Chi-town, I’d be there in a heartbeat.

]]> By: richard61 http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80268 richard61 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80268 I think this was solved in Cleveland, Ohio a number of years ago. A photographer produced a poster of the rock 'n roll hall of fame and was sued for infringement of the hall of fame's trademark. The photographer won. Here's the decision from the UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT http://biotech.law.lsu.edu/cases/IP/trademark/rock_and_roll.htm I think this was solved in Cleveland, Ohio a number of years ago. A photographer produced a poster of the rock ‘n roll hall of fame and was sued for infringement of the hall of fame’s trademark.

The photographer won.

Here’s the decision from the UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT

http://biotech.law.lsu.edu/cases/IP/trademark/rock_and_roll.htm

]]> By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80275 Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80275 The giant corncobs are copyrighted? GMFB. The giant corncobs are copyrighted? GMFB.

]]> By: Spidercoz http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80276 Spidercoz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80276 Whatever happened to flash mobs? I live in Chicago and am perfectly willing to find as many people as I can to head down there and snap some photos. Whatever happened to flash mobs? I live in Chicago and am perfectly willing to find as many people as I can to head down there and snap some photos.

]]> By: Tirjasdyn http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80280 Tirjasdyn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80280 You can't copyright a name...not even a fictional one. I don't think they even read the memo on copyright. You can’t copyright a name…not even a fictional one.

I don’t think they even read the memo on copyright.

]]> By: Spherical Time http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80285 Spherical Time Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80285 What does GMFB mean, Teresa? Perhaps Give me (a) F***ing Break? What does GMFB mean, Teresa? Perhaps Give me (a) F***ing Break?

]]> By: doggo http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80287 doggo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80287 Yikes! I almost posted a photo I took of one of the towers on my web site. Good thing I didn't, I don't have the resources to deal with any kind of legal action, warranted or not. Yikes! I almost posted a photo I took of one of the towers on my web site. Good thing I didn’t, I don’t have the resources to deal with any kind of legal action, warranted or not.

]]> By: deejayqueue http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80289 deejayqueue Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80289 isn't Chicago where that giant chrome Bean is too? The one that the cops will stop you from taking a picture of because people sell postcards of it? isn’t Chicago where that giant chrome Bean is too? The one that the cops will stop you from taking a picture of because people sell postcards of it?

]]> By: duus http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80804 duus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80804 @#26: sorry, wasn't trying to break your heart. GOOD LORD THE YHF PUNS KEEP COMING! @#26: sorry, wasn’t trying to break your heart.

GOOD LORD THE YHF PUNS KEEP COMING!

]]> By: Mavis http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80297 Mavis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80297 These people need a hard and vigorous slapping. Seriously. According to the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 301. "Preemption with respect to other laws (a) On and after January 1, 1978, all legal or equitable rights that are equivalent to any of the exclusive rights within the general scope of copyright as specified by section 106 in works of authorship that are fixed in a tangible medium of expression and come within the subject matter of copyright as specified by sections 102 and 103, whether created before or after that date and whether published or unpublished, are governed exclusively by this title. Thereafter, no person is entitled to any such right or equivalent right in any such work under the common law or statutes of any State." While there's an exception for state landmarks and historical sites protected under Sec. 102, I seriously doubt that the condo association has any right in the building. On a side note, that building is awesome. I love passing by it everytime I go to Chicago. These people need a hard and vigorous slapping. Seriously.

According to the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 301.

“Preemption with respect to other laws

(a) On and after January 1, 1978, all legal or equitable rights that are equivalent to any of the exclusive rights within the general scope of copyright as specified by section 106 in works of authorship that are fixed in a tangible medium of expression and come within the subject matter of copyright as specified by sections 102 and 103, whether created before or after that date and whether published or unpublished, are governed exclusively by this title. Thereafter, no person is entitled to any such right or equivalent right in any such work under the common law or statutes of any State.”

While there’s an exception for state landmarks and historical sites protected under Sec. 102, I seriously doubt that the condo association has any right in the building.

On a side note, that building is awesome. I love passing by it everytime I go to Chicago.

]]> By: Mavis http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80301 Mavis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80301 Forgot to add... Sec. 301 means that there is no longer a common law, or state copyright. Meh. Need more coffee. Forgot to add… Sec. 301 means that there is no longer a common law, or state copyright. Meh. Need more coffee.

]]> By: M Saunders http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80339 M Saunders Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80339 *sigh* They mean trademark, not copyright. If I had a nickel for every time people confused the two, I'd have.... exactly thirty five dollars and twenty cents. *sigh* They mean trademark, not copyright. If I had a nickel for every time people confused the two, I’d have…. exactly thirty five dollars and twenty cents.

]]> By: coop http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80341 coop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80341 Yep, 'the bean' (officially known as Cloud Gate) is there, but the last time I was there (May 2007) the guards were <i>not</i> shooing people away. Instead they were buffing it up after people pressed their noses to it. Kept it nice and shiny for the photographers. It seemed very civilised to me. coop Yep, ‘the bean’ (officially known as Cloud Gate) is there, but the last time I was there (May 2007) the guards were not shooing people away.

Instead they were buffing it up after people pressed their noses to it.

Kept it nice and shiny for the photographers. It seemed very civilised to me.

coop

]]> By: Eutychus http://boingboing.net/2007/11/09/condo-ass-claims-cop.html#comment-80349 Eutychus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-80349 Don't worry. <a href="http://rennesleshorizons.online.fr/Immeuble_Les_Horizons_photographies.php" target="_blank">these ones</a> are just as nice, much nearer to me and still photographable legally :) Don’t worry. these ones are just as nice, much nearer to me and still photographable legally :)

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