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2006/04/26

Journée de la propriété

Filed under: Français, Liberté, brevets, culture, droits d'auteur, french, hacktivism, trademark Robin @ 02:28 (1203 lectures)

J’avoue que je n’ai pas fouillé, mais savez-vous s’il existe une Journée de la propriété ? Si je demande ça maintenant, ce n’est pas par hasard. Ça commence avec une idée et ça n’en fini plus. Aujourd’hui, c’est la Journée mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle [sic, voir Vous avez dit «Propriété intellectuelle» ? Un séduisant mirage, un texte de Richard Stallman].

Avouez que ce serait ridicule, une journée pour fêter la propriété. Pff !

2006/04/01

Comparing Apple and Apple

Filed under: English, computer, culture, droits d'auteur, logo, media, music, trademark Robin @ 20:07 (1030 lectures)

Of course, comparing apple and oranges is just as absurd as comparing Apple and Apple, right? I just spent the last 10 minutes (ok, it was only 5, but in my world that’s an eternity to search for a company website) looking for the website of the recording label founded by the Beatles. Really, I just wanted to know, since the computer company is now 30 years old [fr], just how much older the other one was. I was a bit disappointed to learn that it was founded only 38 years ago. Although it’s true, in those 8 years a lot of great stuff happened, such as myself ;)

So, why do I care? Besides all the news Apple Computer vs Apple Corp generated, the thing is the names really are confusing. I wouldn’t have lost 10 whole minutes looking for the latter company if they weren’t. We don’t need a judge to figure that out, just try for yourself to find the Apple Corp website.

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